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Estádio Estrellas
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benedito de Almeida got the match started through his kick off. Leonardo Lopez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Doriva Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Celso de Mendonça during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Celso de Mendonça kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Gernando Marinho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The corner ended in Carlos Augusto Cearense almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Taderinha's Doriva Faria did a great save. Cléber Gonçalves hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Taderinha's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlos Augusto Cearense was slow to take the kick. During this time Estrellas's players had a chance to rest. Carlos Augusto Cearense made a great header on Estrellas's corner, it was just that Taderinha's Doriva Faria managed to reach the ball for a save. Doriva Faria made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonardo Lopez in the 17th minute. Ezequiel Toscano struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Doriva Faria didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Estrellas. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Gernando Marinho took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Doriva Faria to make any attempt to save it. Gernando Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Doriva Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the match, Leonardo Lopez notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Taderinha's Doriva Faria. Doriva Faria was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Benedito de Almeida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Emerson do Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Marcus Ceresso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benedito de Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gernando Marinho made a kick off. Doriva Faria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gernando Marinho in the 54th minute of the match. Doriva Faria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gernando Marinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emerson do Nascimento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benedito de Almeida in the 59th minute of play. When Marcus Ceresso came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Taderinha fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marcus Ceresso couldn't finish the play. In the 68th minute, Jeferson da Rocha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Estrellas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 72nd minute Gernando Marinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doriva Faria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Doriva Faria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ezequiel Toscano in the 77th minute of play. After having played for 78 minutes, Leonardo Lopez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Estrellas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leonardo Lopez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gernando Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Doriva Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emerson do Nascimento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benedito de Almeida in the 92nd minute of play. Doriva Faria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gernando Marinho in the 95th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Leonardo Lopez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doriva Faria was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. Estrellas walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.