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José Pinheiro Borda
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Richard dos Santos got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Vila Nova Prudy's goal looked a bit too open when Richard dos Santos came free, but Hugo Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vila Nova Prudy's Luiz Eduardo Romero got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rafael Cerezo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Henrique Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Vila Nova Prudy booed when Sport Club Lagradouro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júlio Vides didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 17 minutes, Luiz Eduardo Romero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vila Nova Prudy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luiz Eduardo Romero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Rafael Cerezo sped through Sport Club Lagradouro's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Henrique Amorim. In the 23rd minute, Luiz Eduardo Romero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute Richard dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Fonseca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henrique Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Cerezo in the 36th minute of play. Henrique Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Cerezo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Rafael Cerezo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Henrique Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Ciro Pimenta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vila Nova Prudy's supporters rose to their feet, but Ciro Pimenta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henrique Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half Vila Nova Prudy were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rafael Cerezo to make the kick off. Henrique Amorim stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rafael Cerezo's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Rafael Cerezos short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Henrique Amorim to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ciro Pimenta might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrique Amorim. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciro Pimenta ran back to his position shaking his head. After 59 minutes, Cléberson Neto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sport Club Lagradouro and the Vila Nova Prudy players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 59th match minute, Sport Club Lagradouro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cléberson Neto to maneuver through the defense. Clemente Corrêa hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute of the match Samuel Galvão sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hugo Fonseca skillfully saved the ball. Henrique Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Eduardo Romero in the 66th minute of play. After having played for 67 minutes, Rafael Cerezo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vila Nova Prudy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rafael Cerezo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ciro Pimenta hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabinho Fernandes in the 70th minute of play forced Vila Nova Prudy's goalkeeper Hugo Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafael Cerezo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Henrique Amorim read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Rafael Cerezo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henrique Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Cerezo, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After 83 minutes, Rafael Cerezo made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Sport Club Lagradouro's Henrique Amorim tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Rafael Cerezo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henrique Amorim was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. After having played for 89 minutes, Luiz Eduardo Romero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vila Nova Prudy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luiz Eduardo Romero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 95 minutes into the game, Vila Nova Prudy's Rafael Cerezo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henrique Amorim made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Vila Nova Prudy played a much better game than Sport Club Lagradouro and deserved their victory. The Sport Club Lagradouro players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.