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Ilha do Retiro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Valdir Brodel made the kick off and thus started the match. Michel Ferraz hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. If Valdir Brodel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to NOVORIZONTINO getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. José Pedro Almeida hit a great ball. José Maria Netto kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Valdir Brodel struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Dé Correia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sport Recife. In the 44th match minute, NOVORIZONTINO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Pedro Almeida to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valdir Brodel in the 47th minute of play forced NOVORIZONTINO's goalkeeper Dé Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Michel Britto made the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes, Luís Fábio Hermes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NOVORIZONTINO and the Sport Recife players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th minute, Luís Fábio Hermes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute of the match Michel Ferraz sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dé Correia skillfully saved the ball. Dé Correia came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Sport Recife's Valdir Brodel. But to his dismay, Valdir Brodel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. NOVORIZONTINO's Dé Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Flávio Paraense in the 63rd minute of play. A hard shot 66 in the game by Michel Britto from a close distance when the talented Doriva Paranaense managed to make a qualified save. Sport Recife's players were relieved. In the 68th minute, Leandro Braga fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Doriva Paranaense, passed just outside the right post. José Pedro Almeida hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The audience held their breath when Otávio Furtado in the 73rd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Dé Correia's left hand side. In the 79th minute, Doriva Toledo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Pedro Almeida recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, NOVORIZONTINO's Luís Fábio Hermes got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After a rather tough play, NOVORIZONTINO's Luís Fábio Hermes got a free kick in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, Sport Recife's Otávio Furtado got a free kick in the 88th minute. NOVORIZONTINO's Dé Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evandro Lucas in the 93rd minute of play. Dé Correia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Mendonça in the 94th minute of play. Dé Correia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evandro Lucas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.