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Batelao
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Flavinho Toledo got the match started through his kick off. Flavinho Toledo hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Náutico de RochaMBF's Andrézinho Rodrigues managed to work through Taquaperi's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Andrézinho Rodrigues dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. If Flavinho Toledo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernani Fernandez might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Betinho Maranhense. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ernani Fernandez ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Taquaperi's Betinho Maranhense got control of the ball when Ernani Fernandez tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Taquaperi's Betinho Maranhense got control of the ball when Ernani Fernandez tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Náutico de RochaMBF booed when Taquaperi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto Novaes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ernani Fernandezs short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Betinho Maranhense to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 23rd minute, Náutico de RochaMBF's Flavinho Toledo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 32nd minute, Luiz Guilherme das Neves made a precise shot to the right of Cristóvão Torres. Náutico de RochaMBF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Náutico de RochaMBF's Flavinho Toledo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Betinho Maranhense. That made the score 2-1 after 35 minutes of play. 43 minutes into the match, Taquaperi's goalkeeper Betinho Maranhense had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ernani Fernandez. In a very dangerous position, a player in Taquaperi fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 44th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Betinho Maranhense, was totally fooled by Náutico de RochaMBF's Edvaldo de Medeiros, who 45 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luiz Guilherme das Neves was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Taquaperi booed when Náutico de RochaMBF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrézinho Rodrigues didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Edmundo da Silveira from long distance, 59 minutes into the match, got Cristóvão Torres's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Luiz Guilherme das Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristóvão Torres made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manuel Paes in the 63rd minute. Betinho Maranhense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavinho Toledo in the 65th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Flavinho Toledo sped through Taquaperi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Betinho Maranhense. When Náutico de RochaMBF's Flavinho Toledo in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Taquaperi's goalie prevented a goal. Ernani Fernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Betinho Maranhense having to interfere. If Flavinho Toledo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Náutico de RochaMBF's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.