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Nilton Santos Arena
Spectators: 7445 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 95) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dante Demesio got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Algot Holmgren in the 4th minute of play forced Herva SC's goalkeeper Zé Carlos Seco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Carlos Seco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arí Lago, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 11th minute, Otávio Gerber left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Herva SC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Hermínio Brito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiaguinho Alcântara was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Tiaguinho Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermínio Brito in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by PeterDias FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilson Prestes was slow to take the kick. During this time Herva SC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gilson Prestes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tiaguinho Alcântara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 22 minutes, Hermínio Brito managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Herva SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hermínio Brito was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Otávio Gerber in the 23rd minute of play forced PeterDias FC's goalkeeper Tiaguinho Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiaguinho Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Gerber in the 24th minute of the match. Dante Demesio scored 1-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zé Carlos Seco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th minute Dante Demesio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Carlos Seco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tiaguinho Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Otávio Gerber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Herva SC's Otávio Gerber in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PeterDias FC's goalie prevented a goal. Dante Demesio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tiaguinho Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Gerber in the 40th minute of the match. 48 minutes into the match, Herva SC's Otávio Gerber sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tiaguinho Alcântara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Otávio Gerber stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hermínio Brito who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 53rdth minute tested the skills of Tiaguinho Alcântara when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 57 minutes into the match, PeterDias FC's goal looked a bit too open when Otávio Gerber came free, but Tiaguinho Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Jailson Faria fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Herva SC's protests and gave Jailson Faria a yellow card for diving instead. Osvaldo Jayvier kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, PeterDias FC's Luiz Fernando Zonta sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zé Carlos Seco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 69 minutes, Hermínio Brito managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Herva SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hermínio Brito was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Otávio Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Tiaguinho Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tiaguinho Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Otávio Gerber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hermínio Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Tiaguinho Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hermínio Britos short, quick shot in the 81stth minute got Tiaguinho Alcântara to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Otávio Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Tiaguinho Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Hermínio Brito ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiaguinho Alcântara was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Dante Demesio put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Zé Carlos Seco. The Herva SC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Herva SC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.