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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) EC São Gabriel's Jerônimo de Moraes 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 3 minutes, Júlio Sampaio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Port Vale and the EC São Gabriel players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Port Vale's Júlio Sampaio got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Port Vale's Telmo Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerônimo de Moraes in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Jerônimo de Moraes 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. Célio Lopes struck a weak shot in the 18th minute. Telmo Lara didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for EC São Gabriel. 22 minutes into the match, Port Vale's goalkeeper Telmo Lara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Célio Lopes. The audience was convinced that Jerônimo de Moraes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Telmo Lara was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Jerônimo de Moraes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Telmo Lara having to interfere. Abel Marinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lenílson de Andrade having to interfere. Port Vale's Telmo Lara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Port Vale from getting a goal against them. The supporters of EC São Gabriel booed when Port Vale was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júlio Sampaio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jerônimo de Moraes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute Abel Marinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lenílson de Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The audience was convinced that Jerônimo de Moraes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Telmo Lara was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Abel Marinho struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Lenílson de Andrade didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Port Vale. EC São Gabriel's Lenílson de Andrade proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save EC São Gabriel from getting a goal against them. When Jerônimo de Moraes came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the EC São Gabriel fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jerônimo de Moraes couldn't finish the play. Telmo Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adelino Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. If Célio Lopes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute, Jerônimo de Moraes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Telmo Lara was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Jerônimo de Moraes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. EC São Gabriel's Jerônimo de Moraes got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Célio Lopes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Telmo Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th minute Jerônimo de Moraes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telmo Lara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jerônimo de Moraes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Telmo Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lenílson de Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Marinho in the 91st minute of the match. When Abel Marinho came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Port Vale fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abel Marinho couldn't finish the play. In the 95th minute, Jerônimo de Moraes 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.