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Cotias
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aírton Mangueira took the kick off in the first half of the match. Eurico Monteiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernandão de Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Ali Çağrı Saadettin's late challenge caught a Tijucal FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ali Çağrı Saadettin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute, Ali Çağrı Saadettin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernandão de Lima in the 17th minute of play forced Cotias's goalkeeper Eurico Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cotias's Eurico Monteiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oséas Berger in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute Maurício Miranda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Monteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eurico Monteiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Miranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 23 minutes into the game, Oséas Berger cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Eurico Monteiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Fernando Cardoso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eurico Monteiro was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Oséas Berger scored 0-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eurico Monteiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jean Salles kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Aírton Mangueira's late challenge caught a Tijucal FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aírton Mangueira helped the player get up and apologised. In the 39th match minute, Cotias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aírton Mangueira to maneuver through the defense. In the 42ndth minute of the game Maurício Miranda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cotias's Eurico Monteiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 44th minute, Maurício Miranda made a precise shot to the right of Eurico Monteiro. Cotias's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. When Maurício Miranda came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Tijucal FC 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 Maurício Miranda couldn't finish the play. After the first half Tijucal FC were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Maurício Miranda was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oséas Berger got free with Eurico Monteiro in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Oséas Berger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Eurico Monteiro made a huge save. Eurico Monteiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oséas Berger in the 63rd minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Fernandão de Lima dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Eurico Monteiro, 0-4. Jean Salles hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Jean Salles's late challenge caught a Cotias's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jean Salles helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Tijucal FC's Jean Salles got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 72nd minute, Maurício Miranda reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eurico Monteiro. The goal made the score 0-5. Eurico Monteiro made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Fernandão de Lima sent off a good shot on target. 83 minutes into the game, Maurício Miranda lined in a short shot 0-6 behind a frustrated Eurico Monteiro. After 86 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Cotias! A collision led to Tijucal FC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Jean Salles hit a great ball. Mário Faria could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Eurico Monteiro made a huge save. Cotias's Eurico Monteiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Cotias from getting a goal against them. 97 minutes into the match, Oséas Berger notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Cotias's Eurico Monteiro. Eurico Monteiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over Tijucal FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cotias throughout the match.