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Estádio Mucuje
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Décio Bastos got the match started through his kick off. Gilmar de Sena was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 8 minutes into the match. João Carlos Cavalcante received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Dário França tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dário França didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ciro Valladares went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 21st minute, Décio Bastos 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro Valladares in the 24th minute of play forced Mucuje SC's goalkeeper Dário França to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the game, Vicente Baptista was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Patriotas FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mucuje SC the free kick. In the 32nd minute, Vicente Baptista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulo Sena's shot from long distance in the 33rd minute was not bad at all, but Patriotas FC's Juarês Koehler knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Dário França showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Valladares in the 34th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Patriotas FC's Ciro Valladares sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dário França narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro Valladares in the 38th minute of play forced Mucuje SC's goalkeeper Dário França to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Carlos Cavalcante in the 39th minute of play forced Mucuje SC's goalkeeper Dário França to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dário França took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro Valladares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciro Valladares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dário França having to interfere. Dário França showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Carlos Cavalcante, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. If Ciro Valladares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 47 minutes into the match, Ciro Valladares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dário França. Mucuje SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ciro Valladares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ciro Valladares was the one to do the kick off. Ciro Valladares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dário França having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Mucuje SC's zone, Amauri de Andrade stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dário França came out of the goal and Amauri de Andrade tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tony Nunes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 63rd minute, Ciro Valladares made a precise shot to the right of Dário França. Mucuje SC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. If Tony Nunes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tony Nunes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tony Nunes struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Juarês Koehler didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mucuje SC. In the 79th minute, Ernani Soeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciro Valladares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Mucuje SC's zone, Ciro Valladares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dário França came out of the goal and Ciro Valladares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Mucuje SC's zone, Danilo Porto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dário França came out of the goal and Danilo Porto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Décio Bastos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Juarês Koehler tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.