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Estádio Acara
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pedro Marquez started the match with the kick off. If Umberto Falcão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Umberto Falcão struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Zé Pedro Lucas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Acara. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Pedro Marquez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Itapeacu's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Marquez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júlio de Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Pedro Marquez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Itapeacu's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Marquez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júlio de Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zé Pedro Lucas made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Umberto Falcão sent off a good shot on target. Júlio de Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Perivaldo Donatello in the 25th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Pedro Marquez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Itapeacu's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Marquez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júlio de Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Umberto Falcão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zé Pedro Lucas having to interfere. Pedro Marquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júlio de Toledo having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Perivaldo Donatello in the 40th minute of play forced Acara's goalkeeper Júlio de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joel de Almeida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zé Pedro Lucas having to interfere. After 47 played minutes Acara got a freekick which was hit by Sandrinho de Andrade. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel de Almeida made a kick off. With a little luck, Acara's Júlio de Toledo got control of the ball when Perivaldo Donatello tried to sneak it across the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Joel de Almeida notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Itapeacu's Zé Pedro Lucas. Zé Pedro Lucas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 58th minute, Víktor Damião hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Perivaldo Donatello sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Christiano Gaspar's late challenge caught a Acara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christiano Gaspar helped the player get up and apologised. Zé Pedro Lucas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel de Almeida in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute Joel de Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Pedro Lucas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Acara's Júlio de Toledo got control of the ball when Perivaldo Donatello tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Marquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júlio de Toledo having to interfere. Acara's Júlio de Toledo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Acara from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Marquez in the 75th minute of play forced Acara's goalkeeper Júlio de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Júlio de Toledo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Marquez's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. 83 minutes in the game, Pedro Marquez fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Júlio de Toledo having to interfere. Pedro Marquez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Júlio de Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th match minute, Acara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Umberto Falcão to maneuver through the defense. Víktor Damião charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Víktor Damião the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 90th match minute, Acara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Víktor Damião to maneuver through the defense. Severino Domingues was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 91st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Acara's Joel de Almeida got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Acara had won after a very even match.