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Cajueiras
Spectators: 5010 (Terracing: 4010, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Pedro Fernandez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some careless play in the Cruzeiro defense, Robert Garforth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romário Bittencourt. The Cruzeiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romário Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. In the 7th minute of the match Botafogo Capixaba got a corner. Cruzeiro's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nichifor Spirache ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cruzeiro's Romário Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudinei Vianna in the 10th minute of play. After some careless play in the Cruzeiro defense, Claudinei Vianna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romário Bittencourt. The Cruzeiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romário Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. Otávio Rosado made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Pedro Fernandez sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the Cruzeiro defense, Robert Garforth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romário Bittencourt. The Cruzeiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romário Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinei Vianna in the 19th minute of play forced Cruzeiro's goalkeeper Romário Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Clemente Barros came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Cruzeiro 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 Clemente Barros couldn't finish the play. 27 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro's goal looked a bit too open when Edinho Cearense came free, but Romário Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinei Vianna in the 30th minute of play forced Cruzeiro's goalkeeper Romário Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Robert Garforth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romário Bittencourt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th match minute, Cruzeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Barros to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Garforth in the 39th minute of play forced Cruzeiro's goalkeeper Romário Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Fernandez's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Otávio Rosado firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to Botafogo Capixaba getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Mario Ribeiro hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Claudinei Vianna made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Nelson Chaves notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Cruzeiro's Romário Bittencourt. Romário Bittencourt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, Cruzeiro's Romário Bittencourt got control of the ball when Claudinei Vianna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nelson Chaves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Romário Bittencourt made a huge save. With a little luck, Cruzeiro's Romário Bittencourt got control of the ball when Claudinei Vianna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mario Ribeiro hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Cruzeiro defense, Robert Garforth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romário Bittencourt. The Cruzeiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romário Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudinei Vianna got free with Romário Bittencourt in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Romário Bittencourt was a little too slow when Claudinei Vianna got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 0-8. Romário Bittencourt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Claudinei Vianna went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. Sidney Leme hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. A collision led to Cruzeiro getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Clemente Barros hit a great ball. With a little luck, Cruzeiro's Romário Bittencourt got control of the ball when Claudinei Vianna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Otávio Rosado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clemente Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Botafogo Capixaba could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cruzeiro throughout the match.