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Arena Quariterê
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Era's Váldson Melo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a defensive mix-up in Era's zone, Pedrinho Lima stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oséas Camargo came out of the goal and Pedrinho Lima tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Albertinho Furtado hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After having played for 18 minutes, Pedrinho Lima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olímpico Manaus F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Pedrinho Lima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mazinho de Alcântara scored 0-1 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eduardo Penha, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Era's Oséas Camargo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Era from getting a goal against them. Oséas Camargo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albertinho Furtado in the 28th minute. Váldson Melo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduardo Penha having to interfere. Oséas Camargo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedrinho Lima, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eduardo Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mazinho de Alcântara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 played minutes Era got a freekick which was hit by Hortêncio Hoffmann. In the 40th minute, Hortêncio Hoffmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albertinho Furtado got free with Oséas Camargo in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eduardo Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Váldson Melo in the 47th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedrinho Lima to make the kick off. Eduardo Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marquinhos Alagoano in the 51st minute of the match. Oséas Camargo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedrinho Lima went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Eduardo Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Váldson Melo in the 59th minute of play. Evandro Aguiar hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Oséas Camargo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albertinho Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Oséas Camargo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedrinho Lima in the 70th minute of play. When Arí de Castro fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Olímpico Manaus F.C.'s protests and gave Arí de Castro a yellow card for diving instead. Mazinho de Alcântara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Eduardo Penha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eduardo Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Váldson Melo in the 77th minute of the match. After 80 played minutes Olímpico Manaus F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Evandro de Almeida. If Albertinho Furtado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Pedrinho Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oséas Camargo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Era's goal looked a bit too open when Albertinho Furtado came free, but Oséas Camargo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Albertinho Furtado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oséas Camargo having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Era's Evandro Aguiar got a free kick in the 89th minute. In the 90th match minute, Olímpico Manaus F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedrinho Lima to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rdth minute of the game Arí de Castro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Era's Oséas Camargo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.