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Estádio Apehu
Spectators: 7240 (Terracing: 5432, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 143) Belmiro Pimenta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Luís Eduardo Zonta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Piranhas's Juan Penha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Piranhas from getting a goal against them. Juninho de Moraes's late challenge caught a Piranhas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juninho de Moraes helped the player get up and apologised. Juninho de Moraes hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Ribeirão Preto FC defense, Dieguinho Félix kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Eduardo Zonta. The Ribeirão Preto FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Eduardo Zonta should have stopped the shot. Belmiro Pimenta struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Luís Eduardo Zonta didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Piranhas. When Valério Montenegro fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Piranhas's protests and gave Valério Montenegro a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Piranhas's Valério Montenegro got a free kick in the 32nd minute. When Jeremias Nogueira fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Piranhas's protests and gave Jeremias Nogueira a yellow card for diving instead. After recieving a nice pass, Ribeirão Preto FC's Josué Berger tried to score from far away in the 37th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Ribeirão Preto FC's Moisés de Moraes got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cesinha Prata hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Luís Eduardo Zonta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Belmiro Pimenta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Moisés de Moraes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 46th minute, Dieguinho Félix ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Eduardo Zonta was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2.

52 minutes into the match, Ribeirão Preto FC's goal looked a bit too open when Belmiro Pimenta came free, but Luís Eduardo Zonta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dieguinho Félix sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 56th minute Belmiro Pimenta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Eduardo Zonta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Ribeirão Preto FC's zone, Belmiro Pimenta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Eduardo Zonta came out of the goal and Belmiro Pimenta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mazinho Guerra kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Moisés de Moraes scored 1-2 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Juan Penha, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Moisés de Moraes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ribeirão Preto FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Moisés de Moraes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Juan Penha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Moisés de Moraes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Juan Penha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Álvaro Xavier kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. After 84 played minutes, Ribeirão Preto FC's Josué Berger shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Juan Penha came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ribeirão Preto FC reached it. 87 minutes into the match, Ribeirão Preto FC's goalkeeper Luís Eduardo Zonta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dieguinho Félix. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Belmiro Pimenta sped through Ribeirão Preto FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luís Eduardo Zonta. Jeremias Nogueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Eduardo Zonta having to interfere. Piranhas's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.