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Estádio Biriguy
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sílvio Sabóia took the kick off in the first half of the match. Elias Pombal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toninho Pereira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ernani Baptista in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elias Pombal saved Biriguy from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Fernandinho Novaes managed to get in a good position for a shot. S. E. Palestra's supporters rose to their feet, but Fernandinho Novaes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elias Pombal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rodolfo Carioca kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. S. E. Palestra's Gláuber Ramalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save S. E. Palestra from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ernani Baptista in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elias Pombal saved Biriguy from getting behind. Elias Pombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toninho Pereira in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faustão Freire in the 26th minute of play forced Biriguy's goalkeeper Elias Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute, Toninho Pereira made a precise shot to the right of Elias Pombal. Biriguy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After 34 minutes of play, S. E. Palestra's Fernandinho Novaes made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elias Pombal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Biriguy's Elias Pombal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernani Baptista in the 38th minute of play. The supporters of S. E. Palestra booed when Biriguy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artur Bezerra didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dorian Dracena's late challenge caught a S. E. Palestra's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dorian Dracena helped the player get up and apologised. Dorian Dracena hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. In the 44th match minute, Biriguy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo Carioca to maneuver through the defense. If Faustão Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ernani Baptista was the one to do the kick off. Ernani Baptista scored 0-5 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elias Pombal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Elias Pombal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vágner da Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute, Ernani Baptista reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Elias Pombal. The goal made the score 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernani Baptista in the 63rd minute of play forced Biriguy's goalkeeper Elias Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Faustão Freire fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elias Pombal having to interfere. Elias Pombal didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when S. E. Palestra's Ernani Baptista shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-8 in the ordered_time% minute. After some careless play in the S. E. Palestra defense, Sílvio Sabóia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gláuber Ramalho. The S. E. Palestra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gláuber Ramalho should have stopped the shot. In the 83rd match minute, Biriguy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Willian Botelho to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Ernani Baptista put it in 1-9 from a short distance just to the right of Elias Pombal. Elias Pombal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernani Baptista in the 88th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Toninho Pereira notched a goal, 1-10, to the right of Biriguy's Elias Pombal. Elias Pombal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 97thth minute of the game Ernani Baptista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Biriguy's Elias Pombal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 97 minutes, the score became 1-11 when Ernani Baptista sped through Biriguy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Elias Pombal.