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Capão do Corvo
Spectators: 7252 (Terracing: 5440, Seating: 1668, VIP seats: 144) Celso Guimarães made the kick off and thus started the match. When Golden Warriors's Luís Paulo Salgado in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Canoas United's goalie prevented a goal. In the 8th minute of the match, Celso Guimarães tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Frederico Cabral saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a defensive mix-up in Golden Warriors's zone, Manuel Carvalho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frederico Cabral came out of the goal and Manuel Carvalho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Frederico Cabral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Celso Guimarães in the 14th minute. Celso Guimarães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute Celso Guimarães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederico Cabral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nelson Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cipriano de Sena, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute, Manuel Carvalho 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. Allan Eger got a throw-in 30 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Tony Veiga. After a defensive mix-up in Golden Warriors's zone, Celso Guimarães stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frederico Cabral came out of the goal and Celso Guimarães tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Frederico Cabral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celso Guimarães, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 38 minutes, Rogério Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canoas United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rogério Seco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Frederico Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celso Guimarães, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Manuel Carvalho was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 41st minute. Canoas United's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 42ndth minute of the game Celso Guimarães who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Golden Warriors's Frederico Cabral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Celso Guimarães in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frederico Cabral prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alan dos Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frederico Cabral having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlinhos Bezerra stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luís Paulo Salgado succeeded in the game's 53rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celso Guimarães in the 61st minute of play forced Golden Warriors's goalkeeper Frederico Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 played minutes Canoas United got a freekick which was hit by Alan dos Santos. After having played for 67 minutes, Celso Guimarães managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canoas United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Celso Guimarães was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Golden Warriors getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Cipriano de Sena hit a great ball. In the 75th minute, Celso Guimarães 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carlinhos Bezerra in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nelson Neto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Walmir de Barros hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After having played for 83 minutes, Alan dos Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canoas United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alan dos Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Celso Guimarães scored 2-1 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frederico Cabral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Celso Guimarães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Canoas United walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.