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Aureliopolis
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Belmiro Galvão started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Erivaldo de Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Falcão Diniz in the 4th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Hernani Munhoz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Silvinho Neto, 1-0. In the 14th minute Belmiro Galvão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erivaldo de Lara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Falcão Diniz came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the 25 de Outubro 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 Falcão Diniz couldn't finish the play. 25 de Outubro's Silvinho Neto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernani Munhoz in the 19th minute of play. In the 22nd minute of the match Arnaldo Cardozo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Erivaldo de Lara skillfully saved the ball. Silvinho Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernani Munhoz, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Macedo Futebol e Regatas's Erivaldo de Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Belmiro Galvão in the 29th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Kauã Munhoz notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Macedo Futebol e Regatas's Erivaldo de Lara. Erivaldo de Lara was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Falcão Diniz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Erivaldo de Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Falcão Diniz came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the 25 de Outubro 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 Falcão Diniz couldn't finish the play. In the 43rd minute, Falcão Diniz 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hernani Munhoz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Betinho Paiva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Silvinho Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Betinho Paiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. If Hernani Munhoz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the match, Macedo Futebol e Regatas's Hernani Munhoz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Silvinho Neto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hernani Munhoz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvinho Neto having to interfere. After 68 minutes of play Macedo Futebol e Regatas's Alan Castro was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 68th match minute, Macedo Futebol e Regatas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Castro to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Macedo Futebol e Regatas's goalkeeper Erivaldo de Lara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Belmiro Galvão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erivaldo de Lara having to interfere. Falcão Diniz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erivaldo de Lara read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Betinho Paiva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Betinho Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Betinho Paiva came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Macedo Futebol e Regatas 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 Betinho Paiva couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Belmiro Galvão's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erivaldo de Lara was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belmiro Galvão in the 96th minute of play forced Macedo Futebol e Regatas's goalkeeper Erivaldo de Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The 25 de Outubro supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing 25 de Outubro would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.