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Parc des Princes
Spectators: 7217 (Terracing: 5447, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 100) Paris Saint Germain's Dudu Magalhães started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes of play, Turiassu's Zé Carlos Meireles made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Faustão da Silva was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Alan Valladares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Faustão da Silva was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Vitinho Senna kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Faustão da Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan Valladares in the 15th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Zé Carlos Meireles managed to get in a good position for a shot. Turiassu's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Carlos Meireles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Faustão da Silva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Alan Valladares came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Turiassu 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 Alan Valladares couldn't finish the play. After 20 played minutes Paris Saint Germain got a freekick which was hit by Osmar Dracena. Alan Valladares took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Faustão da Silva. Faustão da Silva dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 24th minute Dudu Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovani Valle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute, Vitinho Senna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Faustão da Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Carlos Meireles in the 29th minute of play. Faustão da Silva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alan Valladares's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 34th minute, Zé Carlos Meireles got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Paris Saint Germain's Aníbal de Amaral got a free kick in the 35th minute. Faustão da Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alan Valladares in the 38th minute of the match. Faustão da Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Carlos Meireles in the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Valladares in the 43rd minute of play forced Paris Saint Germain's goalkeeper Faustão da Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovani Valle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dudu Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. If Zé Carlos Meireles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alan Valladares made a kick off. A collision led to Paris Saint Germain getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Aníbal de Amaral hit a great ball. Faustão da Silva made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Zé Carlos Meireles sent off a good shot on target. Faustão da Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alan Valladares in the 56th minute of the match. Alan Valladares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Faustão da Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Zé Carlos Meireles got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vitinho Senna hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. With his leg Faustão da Silva managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Turiassu's Zé Carlos Meireles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zé Carlos Meireles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zé Carlos Meireles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faustão da Silva having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zé Carlos Meireles in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Faustão da Silva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Walmir Barral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Faustão da Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Paris Saint Germain defense, Zé Carlos Meireles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Faustão da Silva. The Paris Saint Germain fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Faustão da Silva should have stopped the shot. With his leg Faustão da Silva managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Turiassu's Zé Carlos Meireles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.