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Estádio Marary
Spectators: 6672 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1672, VIP seats: 0) Leopoldo Silva hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. The supporters of cruzeiro booed when P O R T U G A L was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walmir Dionísio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute Inguma Verdu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Carlos Neiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Inguma Verdu took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Zé Carlos Neiva to make any attempt to save it. Hugo Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elivélton Furlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. A collision led to cruzeiro getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Inguma Verdu hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the match, Elivélton Furlan notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of cruzeiro's Hugo Marques. Hugo Marques was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 27th minute, cruzeiro's Aron Tunström ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zé Carlos Neiva. Zé Carlos Neiva yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Zé Carlos Neiva made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Aron Tunström sent off a good shot on target. Hugo Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elivélton Furlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 36th minute Inguma Verdu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Carlos Neiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Inguma Verdu came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the cruzeiro 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 Inguma Verdu couldn't finish the play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ian Sousa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, cruzeiro's Waldir Fantini got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Téo Mello took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 56th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hugo Marques. cruzeiro's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Hugo Marques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Sousa in the 57th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the game, cruzeiro's Inguma Verdu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zé Carlos Neiva made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. If Leopoldo Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, P O R T U G A L's Elivélton Furlan got a free kick in the 67th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Inguma Verdu notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of P O R T U G A L's Zé Carlos Neiva. Zé Carlos Neiva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zé Carlos Neiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inguma Verdu in the 75th minute of play. After 78 played minutes P O R T U G A L got a freekick which was hit by Geovani Matos. Téo Mello kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 85thth minute of the game Aron Tunström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but P O R T U G A L's Zé Carlos Neiva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of cruzeiro booed when P O R T U G A L was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Geovani Matos didn't get a good kick on the ball. cruzeiro walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.