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Estádio Heimtal
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ciro Correia started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Júlio Mendes came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Esmeraldas E.C 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 Júlio Mendes couldn't finish the play. The Esmeraldas E.C fans' excitement grew in the 7th match minute when Esmeraldas E.C's Murillo Favoretto looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Murillo Favoretto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esmeraldas E.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Murillo Favoretto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateus Antunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rony Recife during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Esmeraldas E.C booed when Iron City F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rony Recife didn't get a good kick on the ball. Betão Sena lost his temper 14 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 14 minutes into the game, one of Iron City F.C:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Esmeraldas E.C a penalty, 16 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Matías Sá, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Iron City F.C's Mateus Antunes. 2-0. Pedrão Diniz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Iron City F.C defense, Murillo Favoretto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mateus Antunes. The Iron City F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mateus Antunes should have stopped the shot. Mateus Antunes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Murillo Favoretto went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Murillo Favoretto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateus Antunes having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Murillo Favoretto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mateus Antunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murillo Favoretto in the 53rd minute of the match. 6-0 became the score in the 54th minute when Angelo Miranda elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Murillo Favoretto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateus Antunes having to interfere. After 61 minutes, Doriva Camargo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Iron City F.C and the Esmeraldas E.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. Doriva Camargo kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murillo Favoretto in the 63rd minute of play forced Iron City F.C's goalkeeper Mateus Antunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mateus Antunes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matías Sá's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Pedrão Diniz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Osmar Ceresso made a huge save. A collision led to Iron City F.C getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Doriva Camargo hit a great ball. A collision led to Iron City F.C getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Pedrão Diniz hit a great ball. Murillo Favoretto scored 7-0 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mateus Antunes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Esmeraldas E.C's Murillo Favoretto in 80 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Mateus Antunes guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 81st minute Júlio Mendes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Antunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matías Sá blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mateus Antunes having to make a save. Rony Recife received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Osmar Ceresso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mateus Antunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Murillo Favoretto in the 90th minute of play. Mateus Antunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júlio Mendes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute, Murillo Favoretto had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Percy Rosa charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Percy Rosa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th match minute, Iron City F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Percy Rosa to maneuver through the defense. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Esmeraldas E.C had played much better football throughout.