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Estádio Macuna
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Vágner Simões started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Túlio Branco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Silvinho de Sena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wilson Santos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 12 minutes, Vágner Simões managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arari's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vágner Simões was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 16th minute of the game Toninho Medeiros made a throw-in which Wilson Santos played forward. Emanuel Pontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilson Santos in the 17th minute of play. Emanuel Pontes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vágner Simões's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. If Vágner Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emanuel Pontes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vágner Simões's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. The throw-in from Toninho Medeiros in the 27th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Macuna FC's Eurico Baptista. Emanuel Pontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vágner Simões in the 29th minute of the match. Emanuel Pontes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilson Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sydney Berger got a throw-in 37 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Raimundo de Castro. Vágner Simões sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Reinaldo Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvinho de Sena having to interfere. Raimundo de Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuel Pontes having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Macuna FC's Rubens Vianna got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Túlio Branco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vágner Simões received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Emanuel Pontes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emanuel Pontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vágner Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. When Eurico Baptista fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Macuna FC's protests and gave Eurico Baptista a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Macuna FC getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Eurico Baptista hit a great ball. Silvinho de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eurico Baptista in the 65th minute of the match. Silvinho de Sena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Túlio Branco's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Toninho Medeiros made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Macuna FC's Eurico Baptista. In the 80th minute, Arari's Vágner Simões dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. In the 84th minute, Macuna FC's Leopoldo Leite seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Leopoldo Leite the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Macuna FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Leopoldo Leite had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Leopoldo Leite hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the match, Macuna FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mané de Andrade came free, but Emanuel Pontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the game, Toninho Medeiros threw the ball into play from the sideline. Macuna FC's Eurico Baptista quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Toninho Medeiros made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Macuna FC's Eurico Baptista. A sloppy throw-in by Toninho Medeiros in the 92nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Macuna FC's Eurico Baptista. Macuna FC's attentive Eurico Baptista managed to snatch the ball when Toninho Medeiros made a throw-in in the 93rd minute of the game. Eurico Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Arari walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.