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Cacutu
Spectators: 7083 (Terracing: 5421, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ronaldinho Cabral made the kick off which started today's match. Jitirana EC's Manoel Leal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Jitirana EC from getting a goal against them. Evaristo Ramos kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Jitirana EC's Reginaldo Martins got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 11thth minute of the game Ronaldinho Cabral who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cacutu's Diogo de Sousa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Diogo de Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dário Tasso in the 15th minute of play. If Ronaldinho Cabral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Diogo de Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Tasso in the 22nd minute of the match. Manoel Leal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinei Fontes in the 25th minute of play. Dário Tasso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diogo de Sousa having to interfere. Diogo de Sousa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Cabral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Diogo de Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Cabral, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Diogo de Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Tasso in the 34th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Ronaldinho Cabral put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Diogo de Sousa. In the 43rd minute, Robinho Meira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Jitirana EC booed when Cacutu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cássio Madureira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Ronaldinho Cabral blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Diogo de Sousa having to make a save. In the 58th minute Ronaldinho Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo de Sousa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitório Viana during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 59th match minute, Cacutu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitório Viana to maneuver through the defense. After 61 minutes, Chicão Mangueira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cacutu and the Jitirana EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ronaldinho Cabral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diogo de Sousa having to interfere. Baltazar Netto's late challenge caught a Cacutu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baltazar Netto helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Jitirana EC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Baltazar Netto hit a great ball. Samuca Neves charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samuca Neves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Manuel de Almeida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Manoel Leal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ronaldinho Cabral was extremely unlucky when he, in the 77th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Manoel Leal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel de Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 85 minutes into the game, Dário Tasso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Diogo de Sousa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Manuel de Almeida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Manoel Leal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dário Tasso got free with Diogo de Sousa in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Cacutu defense, Dário Tasso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diogo de Sousa. The Cacutu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diogo de Sousa should have stopped the shot. The Jitirana EC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.