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Estádio Cafundó
Spectators: 7286 (Terracing: 5467, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edvaldo Saraiva kicked off to start the match. Armando Coutinho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sílvio de Brito in the 3rd minute. In the 4th match minute, Cosmos Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edvaldo Saraiva to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Cosmos Futebol Clube booed when Biqsso FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto dos Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Cosmos Futebol Clube's Rodriguinho Pinho got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute, Humberto dos Santos 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. Edvaldo Saraiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Barreto having to interfere. Nilmar Schmidt's late challenge caught a Biqsso FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nilmar Schmidt helped the player get up and apologised. 16 minutes into the game, one of Cosmos Futebol Clube:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. If Nuno de Lima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With 21 minutes on the clock, Marcus Viana commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 24th minute there was a penalty for Cosmos Futebol Clube. Agnaldo Britto stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Angelo Barreto. 1-1. Agnaldo Britto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Angelo Barreto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Claudinei Mangueira kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Tostão Passos hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Nilmar Schmidt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Angelo Barreto. Biqsso FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gilmar de Amaral made a kick off. Armando Coutinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto dos Santos in the 53rd minute of play. Angelo Barreto was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Edvaldo Saraiva showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 54 minute of play. After 57 played minutes Biqsso FC got a freekick which was hit by Robinho Donato. Agnaldo Britto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Angelo Barreto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Agnaldo Britto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Barreto having to interfere. In the 67th match minute, Biqsso FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudinei Mangueira to maneuver through the defense. Edvaldo Saraiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Barreto having to interfere. The audience held their breath when Gilmar de Amaral in the 86th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Armando Coutinho's left hand side. Gilmar de Amaral scored 2-2 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Armando Coutinho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The corner led to Cosmos Futebol Clube's Roberto Borges getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Despite being the better team, Cosmos Futebol Clube failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.