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Estádio Itaruma
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nando Salles kicked off to start the match. Gonçalo Leme came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Itaruma's Conrado Britto. But to his dismay, Conrado Britto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Cristian Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Moisés de Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Nando Salles dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gonçalo Leme, 2-0. In the last second Gonçalo Leme throw himself and got hold of the ball when Nando Salles in the 18thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Ian Pinho charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ian Pinho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th match minute, Creciuna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ian Pinho to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Creciuna's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matías Prestes was slow to take the kick. During this time Itaruma's players had a chance to rest. Conrado Britto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Conrado Britto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Gonçalo Leme made a huge save. Ian Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Moisés de Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Clemente do Nascimento 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. 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 2-0.

When Valdemar Ramalho fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Itaruma's protests and gave Valdemar Ramalho a yellow card for diving instead. After 52 played minutes Itaruma got a freekick which was hit by Valdemar Ramalho. If Cristian Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Clemente do Nascimento recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Nando Salles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Conrado Britto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nando Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gonçalo Leme having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nando Salles in the 66th minute of play forced Creciuna's goalkeeper Gonçalo Leme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 69 minutes, Valdemar Ramalho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Itaruma's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valdemar Ramalho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gonçalo Leme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nando Salles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes into the match, Túlio Diniz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gonçalo Leme. Creciuna's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Túlio Diniz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The audience was convinced that Cristian Paiva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Moisés de Sousa was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Conrado Britto struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Gonçalo Leme didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Itaruma. Nando Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gonçalo Leme having to interfere. Cristian Paiva scored 3-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Moisés de Sousa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Itaruma were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Creciuna for a fine match.