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Arena Paquetá
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Osvaldo Coutinho got the match started through his kick off. Conrado de Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Alberto Vargas in the 12th minute of the match. Matheus Lopes's late challenge caught a Oficial American Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matheus Lopes helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Empate Esporte Clube's Matheus Lopes got a free kick in the 15th minute. Adrianinho Monteiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Osvaldo Leal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Osvaldo Coutinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Oficial American Club's Conrado de Salles got control of the ball when Matheus Lopes tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Oficial American Club's Tiaguinho Ortiz got a free kick in the 24th minute. After having played for 30 minutes, Matheus Lopes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Empate Esporte Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matheus Lopes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Carlos Alberto Vargas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conrado de Salles having to interfere. In the 35th match minute, Oficial American Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiaguinho Ortiz to maneuver through the defense. The goalkeeper, Conrado de Salles, was totally fooled by Empate Esporte Clube's Samuel Damião, who 40 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Matheus Lopes struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Conrado de Salles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Empate Esporte Clube. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matheus Lopes to make the kick off. 55 minutes in the game Tiaguinho Ortiz did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dalmo dos Santos. With a little luck, Empate Esporte Clube's Osvaldo Leal got control of the ball when Adrianinho Monteiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Empate Esporte Clube's Osvaldo Leal got control of the ball when Osvaldo Coutinho tried to sneak it across the goal line. 62 minutes into the match, Oficial American Club's goal looked a bit too open when Matheus Lopes came free, but Conrado de Salles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matheus Lopes in the 70th minute of play forced Oficial American Club's goalkeeper Conrado de Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldo Leal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dalmo dos Santos in the 74th minute. 74 minutes into the match, Adrianinho Monteiro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Empate Esporte Clube's Osvaldo Leal. Osvaldo Leal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Empate Esporte Clube getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Alexandre Alagoano hit a great ball. 79 minutes into the match, Adrianinho Monteiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Osvaldo Leal. Empate Esporte Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrianinho Monteiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Dalmo dos Santos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Osvaldo Leal firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tiaguinho Ortiz got a throw-in 96 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Dalmo dos Santos. Although Empate Esporte Clube had been in control for most of the match, Oficial American Club still came away with the win.