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Estádio Nuretama
Spectators: 6676 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 0) The crowd rose to their feet as Nuretama's Kléber Madureira slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Felipe Matorin. That made the score 1-0 after 10 minutes of play. Kléber Madureira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Felipe Matorin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Otávio Moraes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Cesinha Quaresma tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd minute, one of Nuretama: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 Nuretama. The referee gave DRAGONS a penalty, 23 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by David de Godoi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Nuretama's Cesinha Quaresma. 1-1. Cesinha Quaresma stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Otávio Moraes's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. After 27 minutes, Otávio Moraes made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Nuretama's Cesinha Quaresma tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Kléber Madureira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the DRAGONS defense, Bebeto Teles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Felipe Matorin. The DRAGONS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Felipe Matorin should have stopped the shot. When Kiko dos Santos fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nuretama's protests and gave Kiko dos Santos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 38th minute, Kiko dos Santos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Kléber Madureira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Felipe Matorin was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kléber Madureira to make the kick off. If Pedro Luiz Soeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kléber Madureira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bebeto Teles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Nuretama's Edmílson Freitas got a free kick in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes in the game David de Godoi after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Cesinha Quaresma. A very good opportunity. Felipe Matorin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bebeto Teles, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Felipe Matorin had in the 76thth minute some difficulties stopping Edmílson Freitas's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Edmílson Freitas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Felipe Matorin. DRAGONS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edmílson Freitas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. In the 81st minute, Kléber Madureira 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. In the 82nd match minute, DRAGONS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Willian Quadros to maneuver through the defense. 87 minutes into the match, Nuretama's goal looked a bit too open when Mazinho Marquez came free, but Cesinha Quaresma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felipe Matorin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebeto Teles in the 89th minute of play. Fernando Paes charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fernando Paes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Edmílson Freitas shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Jarbas Saldanha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Felipe Matorin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kléber Madureira in the 100th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felipe Matorin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nuretama walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.