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Arena Ferwe
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kauã Sarmento made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kauã Sarmento in the 5th minute of play forced Grêmio's goalkeeper Romelio Ibaute to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 7 played minutes Ferwe SC got a freekick which was hit by Erivaldo Cardoso. Dito Fontes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Adolfo Cosme went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Grêmio's Romelio Ibaute played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kauã Sarmento in the 22nd minute of play. In the 26th minute João Adolfo Cosme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dito Fontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dito Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Adolfo Cosme in the 29th minute of play. Caco da Rocha's late challenge caught a Ferwe SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Caco da Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st minute, Caco da Rocha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Rodrigues in the 32nd minute of play forced Grêmio's goalkeeper Romelio Ibaute to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Ferwe SC booed when Grêmio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yuri de Castro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yuri de Castro hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After 37 played minutes Ferwe SC got a freekick which was hit by Tomé Paulista. 40 minutes into the match, Ferwe SC's goal looked a bit too open when João Adolfo Cosme came free, but Dito Fontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Yuri de Castro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Grêmio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Dito Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri de Castro in the 45th minute of play. The audience was convinced that João Adolfo Cosme's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dito Fontes was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Adolfo Cosme stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dito Fontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Adolfo Cosme in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 59th match minute, Grêmio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lúcio Toscano to maneuver through the defense. Erivaldo Cardoso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romelio Ibaute having to interfere. In the 62nd match minute, Grêmio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lúcio Toscano to maneuver through the defense. Leandro Neto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Romelio Ibaute. Grêmio's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The throw-in from Júnior Mendes in the 70th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Grêmio's Caco da Rocha. Thanks to some nice moves Yuri de Castro could shoot a difficult shot in the 76th minute, which Dito Fontes however easily saved by the left post. Romelio Ibaute showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erivaldo Cardoso in the 78th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yuri de Castro in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dito Fontes saved Ferwe SC from getting behind. Dito Fontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Queiroz in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Grêmio's João Adolfo Cosme ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dito Fontes. Dito Fontes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. João Adolfo Cosme might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dito Fontes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. João Adolfo Cosme ran back to his position shaking his head. Júnior Mendes made in the 93rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Grêmio's Jeferson de Sousa. Ferwe SC's Dito Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuri de Castro in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Grêmio left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ferwe SC.