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Bernadão
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hamílton Massa got the match started through his kick off. Corinthians's Natã Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuno Gerber in the 2nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, São Bernardo F.C's Luís Eduardo Ortiz got a free kick in the 4th minute. Dino Paraibano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulysses Ferreira in the 8th minute of play. Nuno Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Natã Galvão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Corinthians's Jonas Donatello got a free kick in the 12th minute. After some careless play in the Corinthians defense, Igor Freire kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Natã Galvão. The Corinthians fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Natã Galvão should have stopped the shot. São Bernardo F.C's Dino Paraibano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamílton Massa in the 17th minute of play. Elder de Queirós struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Dino Paraibano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Corinthians. Elder de Queirós struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Dino Paraibano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Corinthians. Hamílton Massa scored 1-1 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dino Paraibano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonas Donatello recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 27 minutes of play, Corinthians's Elder de Queirós made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dino Paraibano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Igor Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Natã Galvão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olívio Saraiva in the 31st minute of the match. Olívio Saraiva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Paraibano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulysses Ferreira in the 38th minute of the match. After 39 minutes, Luiz Fabiano França mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the São Bernardo F.C and the Corinthians players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Corinthians booed when São Bernardo F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Fabiano França didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dino Paraibano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Donatello, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Natã Galvão made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Igor Freire sent off a good shot on target. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olívio Saraiva to make the kick off. A collision led to São Bernardo F.C getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Rafael Nunes hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Corinthians's Jonas Donatello slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dino Paraibano. That made the score 1-3 after 57 minutes of play. 61 minutes into the match, São Bernardo F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Hamílton Massa came free, but Dino Paraibano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Natã Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olívio Saraiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elder de Queirós could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Dino Paraibano made a huge save. Natã Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Freire, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olívio Saraiva in the 79th minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Natã Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafael Nunes hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Elder de Queirós could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Dino Paraibano made a huge save. After 87 played minutes Corinthians got a freekick which was hit by César Santana. Olívio Saraiva took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 88th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Natã Galvão. Corinthians's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. São Bernardo F.C's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Olívio Saraiva in the 89th minute. A nice corner shot did that Luiz Fabiano França got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Natã Galvão quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of São Bernardo F.C booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elder de Queirós didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamílton Massa in the 96th minute of play forced São Bernardo F.C's goalkeeper Dino Paraibano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Corinthians played a much better game than São Bernardo F.C and deserved their victory. The São Bernardo F.C players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.