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Estádio Cardozo
Spectators: 7151 (Terracing: 5526, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) Tomé Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juarês Cordeiro in the 4th minute of the match. Gino de Almeida charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gino de Almeida the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tomé Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juarês Cordeiro in the 12th minute of the match. After 13 minutes, Jano Salgado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hoppe FC and the Cardozo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hoppe FC's Tomé Paraíba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juarês Cordeiro in the 14th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cardozo's Samuel Cabral got a free kick in the 16th minute. If Kiko Gonçalves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Cardozo booed when Hoppe FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antônio Carlos da Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomé Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kiko Gonçalves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomé Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juarês Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cardozo's Renato Quirino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antônio Carlos da Silva in the 30th minute of play. Renato Quirino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antônio Carlos da Silva in the 31st minute of the match. Cardozo's Frédson Marinho managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Luan das Neves in the 35 minute of the game. Kiko Gonçalves struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Tomé Paraíba didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cardozo. After 43 played minutes Hoppe FC got a freekick which was hit by Frederico Brodel. When Kiko Gonçalves came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Cardozo 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 Kiko Gonçalves couldn't finish the play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Antônio Carlos da Silva made the kick off in the second half. Juarês Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Renato Quirino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicolas Loureiro in the 55th minute. After a rather tough play, Hoppe FC's Nicolas Loureiro got a free kick in the 57th minute. 61 minutes into the match, Kiko Gonçalves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tomé Paraíba. Hoppe FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kiko Gonçalves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Frédson Marinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomé Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juarês Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frédson Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Tomé Paraíba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Renato Quirino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antônio Carlos da Silva in the 72nd minute of the match. Kiko Gonçalves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tomé Paraíba having to make a save. Antônio Carlos da Silva's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Renato Quirino read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. 2-1 became the score in the 78th minute when Juarês Cordeiro elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Tomé Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juarês Cordeiro in the 82nd minute of the match. Tomé Paraíba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kiko Gonçalves in the 83rd minute of play. Cardozo's Juarês Cordeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomé Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frédson Marinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kiko Gonçalves in the 91st minute of play forced Hoppe FC's goalkeeper Tomé Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juarês Cordeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomé Paraíba having to interfere. There was no doubt that Cardozo were the better team. Cardozo's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.