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Estádio Arvaja
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nuno Andrade made the kick off which started today's match. Jairo Figueiredo's late challenge caught a Esporte porto Alegre's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jairo Figueiredo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Geribues AD getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Jairo Figueiredo hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the game, Waldemar Galvão was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Esporte porto Alegre's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Geribues AD the free kick. Waldemar Galvão kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Armando Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juarês Vargas in the 22nd minute of play. Júnior Araújo hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. If Claudinei Linares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 29th minute, Juarês Vargas made a precise shot to the right of Armando Pinho. Esporte porto Alegre's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Juarês Vargas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Armando Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After recieving a nice pass, Geribues AD's Arnaldo Loureiro tried to score from far away in the 35th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 38 minutes into the game, Ian Trevisan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Geribues AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Esporte porto Alegre the free kick. Ian Trevisan kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Esporte porto Alegre defense, Juarês Vargas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armando Pinho. The Esporte porto Alegre fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armando Pinho should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomás Carvalho made a kick off. A collision led to Geribues AD getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Eurico Bezerra hit a great ball. If Claudinei Linares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Claudinei França didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Claudinei Linares went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Armando Pinho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Juarês Vargas in the 60th minute. After a rather tough play, Esporte porto Alegre's Aírton Hoffmann got a free kick in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, Geribues AD's Eurico Bezerra got a free kick in the 64th minute. Armando Pinho was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nuno Andrade showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 67 minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Tomás Carvalho notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Geribues AD's Claudinei França. Claudinei França was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With an all-out effort, Geribues AD's Armando Pinho threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nuno Andrade, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Téo de Godoi got free with Armando Pinho in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Esporte porto Alegre defense, Téo de Godoi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armando Pinho. The Esporte porto Alegre fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armando Pinho should have stopped the shot. After 81 played minutes Esporte porto Alegre got a freekick which was hit by Cícero Mattos. The Esporte porto Alegre fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Geribues AD were clearly better and deserved to take the win.