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Arena da Liberdade
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fabinho dos Santos made the kick off which started today's match. Acácio Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Carlos Vianna in the 3rd minute of play. Acácio Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Steckamp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cris Courtois made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Fabinho dos Santos sent off a good shot on target. Cris Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo de Senna in the 11th minute of the match. A collision led to Wambalamba FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Andre-Yann Dospel hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Carlos Vianna in the 17th minute of play forced Club Athletico Paulistano's goalkeeper Acácio Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Club Athletico Paulistano defense, Juarês Donato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Acácio Lara. The Club Athletico Paulistano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Acácio Lara should have stopped the shot. The throw-in from Rolf Pilgren in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Club Athletico Paulistano's Agnaldo Mattos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Finnman in the 23rd minute of play forced Club Athletico Paulistano's goalkeeper Acácio Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Athletico Paulistano's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Brian Finnman was slow to take the kick. During this time Wambalamba FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Brian Finnman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Acácio Lara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juarês Donato in the 27th minute of play. Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juarês Donato in the 31st minute of play. Acácio Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juarês Donato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Acácio Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Steckamp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Acácio Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robin Steckamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Acácio Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brian Finnman in the 39th minute of the match. Acácio Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juarês Donato, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Fabinho dos Santoss short, quick shot in the 47thth minute got Cris Courtois to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robin Steckamp to make the kick off. Cris Courtois came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Club Athletico Paulistano's Fabinho dos Santos. But to his dismay, Fabinho dos Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Rolf Pilgren got a throw-in 58 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Robin Steckamp. After a defensive mix-up in Club Athletico Paulistano's zone, Juarês Donato stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Acácio Lara came out of the goal and Juarês Donato tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wambalamba FC's Cris Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Paulo de Senna in the 61st minute of play. Fabinho dos Santos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cris Courtois having to make a save. 66 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's Fabinho dos Santos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cris Courtois narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 69 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's goal looked a bit too open when Juarês Donato came free, but Acácio Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Acácio Lara made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Robin Steckamp sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Club Athletico Paulistano's zone, Juarês Donato stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Acácio Lara came out of the goal and Juarês Donato tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Acácio Lara made an important save on a dangerous shot by Brian Finnman in the 88th minute. Ezequiel Mineiro kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Wambalamba FC's Léo Souto was substituted for João Carlos Vianna. 90 minutes into the match, Wambalamba FC's Robin Steckamp sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Acácio Lara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 91 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Athletico Paulistano's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Brian Finnman was slow to take the kick. During this time Wambalamba FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Brian Finnman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Acácio Lara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Acácio Lara made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Robin Steckamp sent off a good shot on target. Cris Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabinho dos Santos in the 94th minute of the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.