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Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leopoldo Urbano kicked off to start the match. A collision led to G A I A getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Hugo Lopez hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ferroviaria de Araraquara's Moisés Sousa got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After taking down the ball on Ferroviaria de Araraquara's corner João Carlos Prata fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dieguinho Nunes quite easily take care of the ball. Leopoldo Urbano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Dieguinho Nunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dieguinho Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Carlos Prata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Ferroviaria de Araraquara's Moisés Sousa got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 19th minute, Hugo Lopez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The G A I A fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Dieguinho Nunes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Urbano, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leopoldo Urbano in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dieguinho Nunes saved G A I A from getting behind. Ferroviaria de Araraquara were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after G A I A's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomás Prata took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in André Luiz Mendes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 33rd minute, Leopoldo Urbano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dieguinho Nunes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. A collision led to Ferroviaria de Araraquara getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Oséas Teles hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ferroviaria de Araraquara's Severino Oliveira got a free kick in the 44th minute. Luisinho Lima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Amaral in the 47th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Ferroviaria de Araraquara defense, Ian Amaral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luisinho Lima. The Ferroviaria de Araraquara fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luisinho Lima should have stopped the shot. The Ferroviaria de Araraquara players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. G A I A were winning 1-2.

Luisinho Lima came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by G A I A's Ian Amaral. But to his dismay, Ian Amaral quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. When Hugo Lopez came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the G A I A 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 Hugo Lopez couldn't finish the play. 61 minutes into the game, João Carlos Prata was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ferroviaria de Araraquara's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave G A I A the free kick. João Carlos Prata hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After 65 minutes of play, G A I A's Hugo Lopez made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luisinho Lima was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Leopoldo Urbano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Hugo Lopez took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Luisinho Lima to make any attempt to save it. Ferroviaria de Araraquara's Leopoldo Urbano got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luisinho Lima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilmar Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dieguinho Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Urbano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leopoldo Urbano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Dieguinho Nunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ferroviaria de Araraquara's Luisinho Lima proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Ferroviaria de Araraquara from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Leopoldo Urbano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dieguinho Nunes was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Dieguinho Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Acácio Mazza in the 88th minute of play. After 92 minutes, Tarcisio Fonseca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the G A I A and the Ferroviaria de Araraquara players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tarcisio Fonseca hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Urbano in the 94th minute of play forced G A I A's goalkeeper Dieguinho Nunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96th match minute, G A I A was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ian Amaral to maneuver through the defense. The Ferroviaria de Araraquara supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching G A I A's performance. The match ended with a win for G A I A.