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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dráuzio de Godoi started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Corinthians Paulista getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. João Vítor Coelho hit a great ball. Cristiano Prata made an important save on a dangerous shot by Magno Pernambucano in the 4th minute. William Gerber made in the 8th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Corinthians Paulista's Kléber Valle. In the 9th minute, Dieguinho Marinho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zé Augusto de Brito was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Dráuzio de Godoi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cristiano Prata. That made the score 1-1 in the 16 minute of play. Dieguinho Marinho 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vânderson Porto during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Dráuzio de Godoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute Dráuzio de Godoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Prata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zé Augusto de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dieguinho Marinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After having played for 33 minutes, Dieguinho Marinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Corinthians Paulista's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dieguinho Marinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dieguinho Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Zé Augusto de Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Luciano Souza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zé Augusto de Brito was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. In the 48th minute, Dieguinho Marinho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zé Augusto de Brito was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luciano Souza to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Corinthians Paulista's Kléber Valle got a free kick in the 54th minute. EC Bahia's Bernardinho Couto got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 57th minute Dráuzio de Godoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Prata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute Dráuzio de Godoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Prata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Corinthians Paulista's Cristiano Prata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dráuzio de Godoi in the 65th minute of play. Zé Augusto de Brito didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 66th minute, which inside left pole to 1-3. In the 71st minute, Dráuzio de Godoi made a precise shot to the right of Cristiano Prata. Corinthians Paulista's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. A sloppy throw-in by Dário de Sousa in the 74th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Corinthians Paulista's Fábio do Valle. In the 78th minute, Vânderson Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the match, Corinthians Paulista's goal looked a bit too open when Magno Pernambucano came free, but Cristiano Prata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Corinthians Paulista's goal looked a bit too open when Magno Pernambucano came free, but Cristiano Prata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Corinthians Paulista's Fábio do Valle got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luciano Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dráuzio de Godoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Cristiano Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Corinthians Paulista's Cristiano Prata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Magno Pernambucano in the 94th minute of play. Dieguinho Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Zé Augusto de Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Corinthians Paulista eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.