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Itaquerão
Spectators: 7406 (Terracing: 5555, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arnaldo Travassos made the kick off which started today's match. Arnaldo Travassos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mateus Zanette came out and tried to block the shot, but Arnaldo Travassos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. When Marcinho Saldanha came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Corinthians 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 Marcinho Saldanha couldn't finish the play. Enéas Recife took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faustão Furtado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mateus Zanette was out of position in the 15 minute of play, and Frédson Mendonça capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frédson Mendonça really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After 18 minutes, Faustão Furtado made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Corinthians's Enéas Recife tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 21 minutes into the game, Marcinho Saldanha lined in a short shot 3-1 behind a frustrated Mateus Zanette. Arnaldo Travassos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mateus Zanette came out and tried to block the shot, but Arnaldo Travassos slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 25th minute. 31 minutes into the match, FERTIFLORA FC's goalkeeper Mateus Zanette had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tarcisio Antunes. 32 minutes into the match, FERTIFLORA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Frédson Mendonça came free, but Mateus Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mateus Zanette made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Frédson Mendonça sent off a good shot on target. Mateus Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Travassos in the 34th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Arnaldo Travassos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Mateus Zanette was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Enéas Recife showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugênio Domingues, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Corinthians's Enéas Recife played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugênio Domingues in the 39th minute of play. In the 42nd minute Frédson Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Corinthians's Enéas Recife played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvério Passos in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-1 at half-time.

In the 51st minute, Marcinho Saldanha 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, Corinthians's Frédson Mendonça got a free kick in the 55th minute. After 56 played minutes Corinthians got a freekick which was hit by Frédson Mendonça. In the 57th minute of the match Raphael Zonta sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Enéas Recife skillfully saved the ball. Corinthians's Arnaldo Travassos got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Marcinho Saldanha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frédson Mendonça's late challenge caught a FERTIFLORA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frédson Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. Frédson Mendonça hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. With 70 minutes on the clock, Raphael Zonta commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 69th minute, one of FERTIFLORA FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FERTIFLORA FC. The referee gave Corinthians a penalty, 71 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Marcinho Saldanha, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FERTIFLORA FC's Mateus Zanette. 6-1. After 74 minutes of play, Corinthians's Marcinho Saldanha made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mateus Zanette was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 85 minutes of play, Corinthians's Marcinho Saldanha made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mateus Zanette was left in no man's land by his defense there! FERTIFLORA FC's Mateus Zanette played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnaldo Travassos in the 92nd minute of play. Mateus Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcinho Saldanha in the 96th minute of the match. FERTIFLORA FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.