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Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfredo Isauro took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd match minute, Corinthians was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dito Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo Isauro in the 4th minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Lucas Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Augusto Mazza made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Válter Lago sent off a good shot on target. José Augusto Mazza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Flávio Fonseca in the 7th minute. Doriva de Sousa got a throw-in 12 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Wilton Medeiros. After having played for 15 minutes, Alfredo Isauro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ➈Killers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Isauro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. José Augusto Mazza made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Flávio Fonseca sent off a good shot on target. With 21 minutes on the clock, Danilo Dos Santos commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Wilton Medeiros shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Alfredo Isauro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Pitta having to interfere. José Augusto Mazza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Válter Lago in the 28th minute. After a rather tough play, Corinthians's Alexsandro Machado got a free kick in the 30th minute. With a little luck, ➈Killers's José Augusto Mazza got control of the ball when Válter Lago tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fernando Cardoso in the 35th minute of play forced ➈Killers's goalkeeper José Augusto Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 37 minutes into the match, ➈Killers's goalkeeper José Augusto Mazza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Flávio Fonseca. 39 minutes into the match, Flávio Fonseca notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of ➈Killers's José Augusto Mazza. José Augusto Mazza was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 46th minute, one of Corinthians:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Corinthians. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Fernando Cardoso stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. José Augusto Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Fernando Cardoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Alfredo Isauro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flávio Fonseca in the 59th minute of play forced ➈Killers's goalkeeper José Augusto Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Augusto Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Válter Lago in the 62nd minute of play. José Augusto Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flávio Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Alfredo Isauro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 75 minutes of play, Corinthians's Luís Fernando Cardoso made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Augusto Mazza was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fernando Cardoso in the 79th minute of play forced ➈Killers's goalkeeper José Augusto Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eugênio Vidal hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Flávio Fonseca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Corinthians fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 87 minutes into the match, Válter Lago had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Augusto Mazza. ➈Killers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Válter Lago was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Alfredo Isauro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Lucas Pitta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Corinthians getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Wilton Medeiros hit a great ball.