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FAVELA
Spectators: 7206 (Terracing: 5406, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 143) 5 minutes into the match, Gildo Fontes notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ibatiba's Umberto Salles. Umberto Salles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Edmundo Valladares charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edmundo Valladares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Ibatiba's Edmundo Valladares got a free kick in the 9th minute. If Gildo Fontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rafa de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Umberto Salles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edmundo Valladares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gildo Fontes's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Umberto Salles skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Luisinho Cearense in the 23rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Umberto Salles, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Otávio Varela took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Manfredo Vasconcelos. Manfredo Vasconcelos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. If Gildo Fontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39th minute Rafa de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Umberto Salles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Otávio Varela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfredo Vasconcelos having to interfere. Otávio Varela might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Manfredo Vasconcelos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Otávio Varela ran back to his position shaking his head.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edmundo Valladares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Edu Borges fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfredo Vasconcelos having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Favela Futebol Clube's zone, Edmundo Valladares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manfredo Vasconcelos came out of the goal and Edmundo Valladares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ibatiba's Umberto Salles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafa de Amaral in the 60th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gildo Fontes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Umberto Salles was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Umberto Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benedito Netto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Edmundo Valladares kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Manfredo Vasconcelos. That made the score 1-2 in the 69 minute of play. With an all-out effort, Ibatiba's Manfredo Vasconcelos threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edmundo Valladares, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rafa de Amaral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rafa de Amaral took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Umberto Salles. Umberto Salles dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Manfredo Vasconcelos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Otávio Varela in the 86th minute. Otávio Varela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Manfredo Vasconcelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gildo Fontes charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gildo Fontes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Favela Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Gildo Fontes hit a great ball. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.