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Estádio do Morumbi
Spectators: 7238 (Terracing: 5430, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Paulo José Alcântara made the kick off which started today's match. Dedê Leme charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dedê Leme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Patriota's Arnaldo Coelho shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 5th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Túlio Quintal but with some difficulty. Túlio Quintal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo José Alcântara in the 7th minute of play. After 9 minutes, Francisco Linhares mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 1981 Immortals and the Patriota players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Patriota booed when 1981 Immortals was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Linhares didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 12th minute Paulo José Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Túlio Quintal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rony Branco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Túlio Quintal having to make a save. Paulo José Alcântara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Túlio Quintal having to interfere. The long shot by Arnaldo Coelho in the 20th minute really tested Túlio Quintal's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Túlio Quintal didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 26th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. When Patriota's Paulo José Alcântara in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 1981 Immortals's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Paulo José Alcântara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Patriota's supporters rose to their feet, but Paulo José Alcântara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Túlio Quintal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Patriota booed when 1981 Immortals was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredão Freire didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patriota's Arnaldo Coelho couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for 1981 Immortals. Paulo José Alcântara got in the 37th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Túlio Quintal handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Rony Branco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulo José Alcântara might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Túlio Quintal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paulo José Alcântara ran back to his position shaking his head. Túlio Quintal made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Rony Branco sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd minute, Rony Branco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Patriota fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Benedito Garcia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Durval Dias's late challenge caught a Patriota's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Durval Dias helped the player get up and apologised. Arnaldo Coelho placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! A collision led to 1981 Immortals getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Alfredão Freire hit a great ball. When Rony Branco came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Patriota 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 Rony Branco couldn't finish the play. In the 69th match minute, 1981 Immortals was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francisco Linhares to maneuver through the defense. Paulo José Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Angelo Chaves's late challenge caught a 1981 Immortals's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Angelo Chaves helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th minute Benedito Garcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frédson Terra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 81 minutes of play Patriota's Angelo Chaves was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 82nd match minute, Patriota was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Chaves to maneuver through the defense. When Osvaldo Silveira came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Patriota 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 Osvaldo Silveira couldn't finish the play. Patriota's Paulo José Alcântara got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paulo José Alcântara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Túlio Quintal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.