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Spectators: 7225 (Terracing: 5420, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Patrick Mineiro made the kick off which started today's match. Paulão Secco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patrick Mineiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Didi Velloso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patrick Mineiro ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in champion's zone, Patrick Mineiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Didi Velloso came out of the goal and Patrick Mineiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Patrick Mineiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Didi Velloso having to interfere. After 19 played minutes champion got a freekick which was hit by Pedrinho Meira. Patrick Mineiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Didi Velloso having to interfere. Fiori Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hílton Pimenta having to interfere. When champion's Fiori Fantini in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DIAN's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to DIAN getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Ronaldo de Castro hit a great ball. In the 29th match minute, DIAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldo de Castro to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute of the match Samuel Linares shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hílton Pimenta showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Hílton Pimenta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulão Secco in the 35th minute of play. Hílton Pimenta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulão Secco in the 37th minute of play. When Fiori Fantini fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored champion's protests and gave Fiori Fantini a yellow card for diving instead. Fiori Fantini kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Hílton Pimenta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fiori Fantini in the 48th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Fiori Fantini made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Paulão Secco got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Didi Velloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrick Mineiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. DIAN's Hílton Pimenta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save DIAN from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo de Castro in the 62nd minute of play forced champion's goalkeeper Didi Velloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. DIAN's Hílton Pimenta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save DIAN from getting a goal against them. Fiori Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hílton Pimenta having to interfere. Hílton Pimenta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paulão Secco in the 66th minute. After a defensive mix-up in DIAN's zone, Pedrinho Meira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hílton Pimenta came out of the goal and Pedrinho Meira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Fiori Fantini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to champion getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Pedrinho Meira hit a great ball. 80 minutes into the match, DIAN's goalkeeper Hílton Pimenta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulão Secco. When Pedrinho Meira was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 82 minutes had been played. In the 83rd minute, Pedrinho Meira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute Paulão Secco suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Valdemar Freitas charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valdemar Freitas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of champion booed when DIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdemar Freitas didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Nelsinho Pontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nelsinho Pontes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hílton Pimenta came out and tried to block the shot, but Nelsinho Pontes slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 90th minute. 94 minutes in the game, Nelsinho Pontes fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Hílton Pimenta having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Délio Neves managed to get in a good position for a shot. champion's supporters rose to their feet, but Délio Neves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hílton Pimenta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.