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Grasshoppers Stadium
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luiz Guilherme de Amorim took the kick off in the first half of the match. Şenol Yaren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César Motta, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. When Erik Pitta came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the GRASSHOPPERS F.C 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 Erik Pitta couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabrício Araújo during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of GRASSHOPPERS F.C booed when Petrolina FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabrício Araújo didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to GRASSHOPPERS F.C getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Elder Andrade hit a great ball. Şenol Yaren came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Petrolina FC's Durvalino Maia. But to his dismay, Durvalino Maia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Şenol Yaren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Durvalino Maia in the 24th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the game, one of GRASSHOPPERS F.C:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Şenol Yaren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Guilherme de Amorim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedrão Motta might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raúl Paiva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pedrão Motta ran back to his position shaking his head. Şenol Yaren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Guilherme de Amorim in the 39th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, GRASSHOPPERS F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Guilherme de Amorim came free, but Şenol Yaren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pedrão de Sena stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Guilherme de Amorim in the 52nd minute of play forced GRASSHOPPERS F.C's goalkeeper Şenol Yaren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the game, Raphael Alvarenga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Raúl Paiva was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The excitement rose when GRASSHOPPERS F.C's Pedrão Motta after 58 played minutes turned away three defenders near the goal, and after that shot a ball that was too difficult for Petrolina FC's goalkeeper to hold. Score! 3-1. Luiz Guilherme de Amorim who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 64thth minute tested the skills of Şenol Yaren when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Pedrão Motta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Raúl Paiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Luiz Guilherme de Amorim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Şenol Yaren was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. César Motta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Şenol Yaren having to interfere. Gabriel de Sena hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. GRASSHOPPERS F.C's Şenol Yaren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save GRASSHOPPERS F.C from getting a goal against them. In the 79th minute, Isaltino Furlan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of GRASSHOPPERS F.C booed when Petrolina FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabrício Araújo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in GRASSHOPPERS F.C's zone, Téo de Brito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Şenol Yaren came out of the goal and Téo de Brito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, GRASSHOPPERS F.C's Gabriel de Sena got a free kick in the 87th minute. After 88 minutes, Gabriel de Sena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GRASSHOPPERS F.C and the Petrolina FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, GRASSHOPPERS F.C's Gabriel de Sena got a free kick in the 88th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Durvalino Maia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Petrolina FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Durvalino Maia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Şenol Yaren breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee blew the final whistle, GRASSHOPPERS F.C could leave the field as winners, despite Petrolina FC having more of the ball for most of the match.