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Estádio Itapecoa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Angelo Abreu started the match with the kick off. Diguinho Mendes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Samuca Lara's late challenge caught a Ponte Branca FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuca Lara helped the player get up and apologised. After 6 played minutes rondoense got a freekick which was hit by Samuca Lara. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Wilson Alagoano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ponte Branca FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Wilson Alagoano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zé Augusto Sena breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luiz Eduardo Falcão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Zé Augusto Sena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 20 minutes, Dráuzio Trancoso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ponte Branca FC and the rondoense players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ponte Branca FC's Dráuzio Trancoso got a free kick in the 21st minute. After a defensive mix-up in rondoense's zone, Luiz Eduardo Falcão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zé Augusto Sena came out of the goal and Luiz Eduardo Falcão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Samuca Lara was shown his second yellow card after 27 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, rondoense's Samuca Lara got a free kick in the 28th minute. Luiz Eduardo Falcão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Zé Augusto Sena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute Wilson Alagoano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Augusto Sena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34thth minute of the game Wilson Alagoano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but rondoense's Zé Augusto Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the match, rondoense's goalkeeper Zé Augusto Sena had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luiz Eduardo Falcão. After 41 minutes, Aníbal dos Santos made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. rondoense's Zé Augusto Sena tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Zé Augusto Sena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wilson Alagoano's shot from short distance in the 45th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luiz Eduardo Falcão made a kick off. Angelo Abreu hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After 55 minutes of play, Ponte Branca FC's Luiz Eduardo Falcão made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zé Augusto Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luiz Eduardo Falcão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilson Alagoano in the 60th minute of play forced rondoense's goalkeeper Zé Augusto Sena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Diguinho Mendes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ponte Branca FC's Luiz Eduardo Falcão got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 72 minutes into the game, Angelo Abreu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. rondoense's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ponte Branca FC the free kick. The supporters of Ponte Branca FC booed when rondoense was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelo Abreu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75thth minute of the game Wilson Alagoano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but rondoense's Zé Augusto Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79thth minute of the game Wilson Alagoano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but rondoense's Zé Augusto Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luiz Eduardo Falcão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Zé Augusto Sena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Wilson Alagoano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ponte Branca FC's Wilson Alagoano got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ponte Branca FC fully deserved thier win.