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Estádio Balbinos
Spectators: 6005 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1005, VIP seats: 0) Fernandinho Soares started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Samuca Batista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Fernandinho Meirelles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Fernandinho Meirelles managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Dona Denise's Cristóvão Lira fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the Corinthians defense, Fausto Esteves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernandinho Meirelles. The Corinthians fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernandinho Meirelles should have stopped the shot. Corinthians's Fernandinho Meirelles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Corinthians from getting a goal against them. 21 minutes into the match, Corinthians's goal looked a bit too open when Samuca Batista came free, but Fernandinho Meirelles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristóvão Lira's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fernandinho Meirelles firmly grabbed it by the left post. Joel Nascimento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cícero Bittencourt in the 26th minute of the match. Dona Denise's Joel Nascimento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernandinho Soares in the 31st minute of play. Cristóvão Lira hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute of the match, Fausto Esteves got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fernandinho Meirelles was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Pedro Augusto Marquez kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Kléberson Paes kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 46 minutes into the game, Eusébio Tavares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dona Denise's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Corinthians the free kick. After a rather tough play, Dona Denise's Eusébio Tavares got a free kick in the 46th minute. In the 48th minute of the match Pedro Augusto Marquez sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joel Nascimento skillfully saved the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristóvão Lira made a kick off. If Cristóvão Lira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 63 played minutes Dona Denise got a freekick which was hit by Cristóvão Lira. Kléberson Paes charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kléberson Paes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Dona Denise's Kléberson Paes got a free kick in the 66th minute. Pedro Augusto Marquez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Joel Nascimento made a huge save. A collision led to Dona Denise getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Kléberson Paes hit a great ball. Pedrinho Bueno lost his temper 72 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Dona Denise! Fernandinho Meirelles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuca Batista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Corinthians getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Ernani Simão hit a great ball. Fernandinho Meirelles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristóvão Lira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristóvão Lira took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fernandinho Meirelles. Fernandinho Meirelles dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2.