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Arena das Tabocas
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s Amauri Marinho started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, José Pedro de Godoi notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s Almir Carioca. Almir Carioca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Almir Carioca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baltazar Santana in the 14th minute of the match. Almir Carioca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltazar Santana in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Josué Amaral in the 18th minute of play forced PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s goalkeeper Almir Carioca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Amauri Marinho fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s protests and gave Amauri Marinho a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s Amauri Marinho got a free kick in the 20th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baltazar Santana in the 22nd minute of play forced PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s goalkeeper Almir Carioca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Baltazar Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almir Carioca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Baltazar Santana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Almir Carioca was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Amauri Marinho kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Pedro de Godoi in the 42nd minute of play forced PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s goalkeeper Almir Carioca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, José Pedro de Godoi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Maia's supporters rose to their feet, but José Pedro de Godoi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Almir Carioca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Maia were winning 0-1.

In the 51st minute, José Pedro de Godoi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Almir Carioca was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a rather tough play, Maia's Renan Damião got a free kick in the 55th minute. Marquinhos Machado kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Almir Carioca didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Baltazar Santana went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Almir Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josué Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Baltazar Santana put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Almir Carioca. In the 71st minute, Baltazar Santana reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Almir Carioca. The goal made the score 0-5. Almir Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josué Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Almir Carioca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renan Damião in the 76th minute of the match. In the 79th minute Renan Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almir Carioca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s Almir Carioca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ from getting a goal against them. Almir Carioca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Pedro de Godoi in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanni Travassos in the 87th minute of play forced PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s goalkeeper Almir Carioca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josué Amaral recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 90 minutes into the match, PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Josué Amaral came free, but Almir Carioca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s Almir Carioca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s zone, Josué Amaral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Almir Carioca came out of the goal and Josué Amaral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Maia were clearly better and deserved to take the win.