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Estádio Moraiba
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Varela started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 7th minute, Luís Gustavo Barros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Giovanni Meireles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Varela in the 10th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Moraiba's Tomás Bezerra got a free kick in the 15th minute. If Edmundo Varela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Avatarnense booed when Moraiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emílio Figueiredo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gildo Montenegro's late challenge caught a Moraiba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gildo Montenegro helped the player get up and apologised. After 31 played minutes Avatarnense got a freekick which was hit by Gildo Montenegro. Moraiba's Laerte Quirino got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Giovanni Meireles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Pinheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Ulysses Guimarães made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Avatarnense's Hélder Koehler. Giovanni Meireles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Pinheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Giovanni Meireles didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmundo Varela went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 45 minutes into the match, João Carlos Campidelis notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Moraiba's Giovanni Meireles. Giovanni Meireles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Laerte Quirino was the one to do the kick off. Silvério Mendonça was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 55 minutes into the match. Silvério Mendonça kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmundo Varela in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giovanni Meireles saved Moraiba from getting behind. In the 66th match minute, Moraiba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emílio Figueiredo to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Moraiba's Emílio Figueiredo got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 79th minute, Adriano Pinheiro fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Giovanni Meireles, passed just outside the right post. In the 82nd minute, Avatarnense's Hélder Koehler seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Hélder Koehler the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Avatarnense protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Hélder Koehler had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of Avatarnense:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Moraiba:s goal. The referee gave Moraiba a penalty, 84 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Laerte Quirino, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Avatarnense's Valdo Xavier. 1-2.