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Parque Água Doce
Spectators: 7199 (Terracing: 5401, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edu Mineiro got the match started through his kick off. Alfredinho Campidelis 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. After a rather tough play, Mariola's Wellington Carvalho got a free kick in the 7th minute. Elias Soares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edu Mineiro in the 9th minute of the match. Maurinho Quirino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgar Fernandez went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to Mariola getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Rubinho Coelho hit a great ball. Edgar Fernandez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Elias Soares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edu Mineiro in the 19th minute of the match. Alfredinho Campidelis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 27 minutes into the match, S. E. Triângulo's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Fernandez came free, but Maurinho Quirino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Baiano hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. When Júlio Baptista fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored S. E. Triângulo's protests and gave Júlio Baptista a yellow card for diving instead. After 29 played minutes S. E. Triângulo got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Baptista. Maurinho Quirino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Fernandez in the 32nd minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, Mariola's Edgar Fernandez made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maurinho Quirino was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredinho Campidelis in the 40th minute of play forced S. E. Triângulo's goalkeeper Maurinho Quirino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes, Wellington Carvalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mariola and the S. E. Triângulo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 47th minute Edu Mineiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elias Soares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

If Alfredinho Campidelis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edgar Fernandez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Maurinho Quirino having to make a save. 73 minutes into the match, S. E. Triângulo's goalkeeper Maurinho Quirino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alfredinho Campidelis. Edu Mineiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Elias Soares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elias Soares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edu Mineiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wellington Marinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edgar Fernandez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Maurinho Quirino having to make a save. Mariola's Edgar Fernandez got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Maurinho Quirino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wellington Carvalho in the 89th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Rodolfo Tróia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elias Soares. Mariola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodolfo Tróia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2.