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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mané Corrêa kicked off to start the match. After 2 minutes, Marcus Batista mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cremonese FC and the PREZULO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Cremonese FC's Marcus Batista got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 5 minutes into the game, Cremonese FC's Cristóvão de Barros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dida Brasil made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, József Albert had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Brasil. PREZULO FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that József Albert was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 19 minutes of play, Cremonese FC's Cristóvão de Barros made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dida Brasil was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Renatinho Gaúcho in the 24th minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Dida Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mané Corrêa in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dráusio Ortiz saved Cremonese FC from getting behind. Cremonese FC's Marcus Batista got his second yellow card of the match in the 30th minute. The referee ordered Marcus Batista off the ground. When József Albert came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Cremonese FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that József Albert couldn't finish the play. 35 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristóvão de Barros came free, but Dida Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by PREZULO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. József Albert was slow to take the kick. During this time Cremonese FC's players had a chance to rest. József Albert made a great header on Cremonese FC's corner, it was just that PREZULO FC's Dida Brasil managed to reach the ball for a save. 39 minutes into the game, Severino Secco was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PREZULO FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cremonese FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, PREZULO FC's Severino Secco got a free kick in the 40th minute. József Albert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for József Albert to strike the kick off in the second half. Dida Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luizinho Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Dida Brasil, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 57 played minutes Cremonese FC got a freekick which was hit by Renatinho Gaúcho. Cremonese FC's Felipe Lara was substituted for Felipe Branco. In the 58th match minute, Cremonese FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renatinho Gaúcho to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th match minute, Cremonese FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renatinho Gaúcho to maneuver through the defense. Dráusio Ortiz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mané Corrêa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mané Corrêa in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dráusio Ortiz saved Cremonese FC from getting behind. In the 79thth minute of the game Mané Corrêa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cremonese FC's Dráusio Ortiz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristóvão de Barros took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dida Brasil. Dida Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After having played for 92 minutes, Valdo Ramalho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cremonese FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valdo Ramalho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.