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Arena Esperança
Spectators: 7274 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 144) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carlos Eduardo de Almeida got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Esperança Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomé Oliveira to maneuver through the defense. Esperança Football Club's Luis Mejía played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Eduardo de Almeida in the 5th minute of play. Gernando de Medeiros lost his temper 11 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 19 minutes of play, Guaraipos FC's Carlos Eduardo de Almeida made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luis Mejía was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luis Mejía took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Moreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luis Mejía showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovanni Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Luis Mejía showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovanni Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Luis Mejía made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geovanni Reis in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Mazinho Vale 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. 40 minutes into the match, Esperança Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Ramón Coutinho came free, but Luis Mejía reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Geovanni Reis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luis Mejía was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 45 minutes into the match, Guaraipos FC's Geovanni Reis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luis Mejía narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 47 minutes into the match, Esperança Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldinho Moreira came free, but Luis Mejía reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when César Domingues made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Esperança Football Club's goalkeeper Luis Mejía, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that César Domingues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armandinho Mazza was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ronaldinho Moreira during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Guaraipos FC's Ronaldinho Moreira got a free kick in the 77th minute. A collision led to Esperança Football Club getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. David Machado hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Tomé Oliveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Davi Teixeira's late challenge caught a Esperança Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Davi Teixeira helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramón Coutinho in the 90th minute of play forced Esperança Football Club's goalkeeper Luis Mejía to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 played minutes Esperança Football Club got a freekick which was hit by David Machado. In the 95th minute Carlos Eduardo de Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Mejía saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geovanni Reis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Luis Mejía made a huge save. Guaraipos FC played a much better game than Esperança Football Club and deserved their victory. The Esperança Football Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.