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Estádio Mantenopolis
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Kaká Nunes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 minutes in the game, Jeferson Senna fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without João Vítor Barral having to interfere. After 9 minutes, Sérgio Sena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mantenopolis and the Landi players grew even worse after the yellow card. João Carlos Coutinho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Jeferson Senna came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Mantenopolis 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 Jeferson Senna couldn't finish the play. João Vítor Barral made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Rony Veiga sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Jeferson Senna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Vítor Barral was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After having played for 31 minutes, João Carlos Coutinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Landi's supporters crossed their fingers, but João Carlos Coutinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kaká Nunes in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernani da Fonseca saved Mantenopolis from getting behind. 35 minutes into the match, Landi's Kaká Nunes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernani da Fonseca narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Landi's zone, Jeferson Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. João Vítor Barral came out of the goal and Jeferson Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 42 minutes into the match, Kaká Nunes notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Mantenopolis's Ernani da Fonseca. Ernani da Fonseca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 46th minute, Sérgio Sena fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of João Vítor Barral, passed just outside the right post. If Jeferson Senna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Rony Veiga in the 54th minute of play forced Landi's goalkeeper João Vítor Barral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jeferson Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rony Veiga might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over João Vítor Barral. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rony Veiga ran back to his position shaking his head. If Rony Veiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeferson Senna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. João Vítor Barral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Vítor Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rony Veiga in the 68th minute of the match. João Vítor Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rony Veiga in the 71st minute of the match. João Vítor Barral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rony Veiga in the 75th minute of play. If Rony Veiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. João Vítor Barral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rony Veiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After having played for 86 minutes, Jeferson Senna managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mantenopolis's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jeferson Senna was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rony Veiga scored 1-1 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of João Vítor Barral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kléber Almeida hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When Rony Veiga came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Mantenopolis 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 Rony Veiga couldn't finish the play. Rony Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.