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Arena Castro
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roberto Dinamite got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind C.R.Vasco da Gama's goalkeeper Jeferson Luz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Agostinho de Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Dinamite, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Roberto Dinamite's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agostinho de Carvalho was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. C.R.Vasco da Gama's Roberto Dinamite got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Jarbas Pena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Romário Fariass short, quick shot in the 17thth minute got Agostinho de Carvalho to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Roberto Dinamite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Telmo Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeferson Luz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarbas Pena in the 22nd minute of the match. Jeferson Luz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jarbas Pena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeferson Luz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Telmo Queirós, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the last second Agostinho de Carvalho throw himself and got hold of the ball when Roberto Dinamite in the 28thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 30th minute, Evaristo Arantes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valoes's Agostinho de Carvalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Valoes from getting a goal against them. In the 37th minute, Roberto Dinamite made a precise shot to the right of Agostinho de Carvalho. Valoes's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Jarbas Pena's late challenge caught a C.R.Vasco da Gama's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jarbas Pena helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Valoes getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Jarbas Pena hit a great ball. 44 minutes into the match, Valoes's goalkeeper Agostinho de Carvalho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roberto Dinamite. In the 47th minute, one of C.R.Vasco da Gama:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for C.R.Vasco da Gama. In the 50th minute there was a penalty for Valoes. Evaristo Arantes stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jeferson Luz. 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jarbas Pena made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roberto Dinamite in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agostinho de Carvalho saved Valoes from getting behind. In the 60th minute, Romário Farias made a precise shot to the right of Agostinho de Carvalho. Valoes's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. A collision led to C.R.Vasco da Gama getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Percival Cearense hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Roberto Dinamite put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Agostinho de Carvalho. If Alexandre Capixaba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Telmo Queirós got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Romário Farias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Agostinho de Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Dinamite in the 85th minute of the match. Romário Farias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 94th minute, Roberto Dinamite left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.R.Vasco da Gama fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Romário Farias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Agostinho de Carvalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.