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Estádio Carara
Spectators: 7042 (Terracing: 5390, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Osmar Santos took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes, Edmílson Meireles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Boston Garden and the Esporte Clube Comercial players grew even worse after the yellow card. Edmílson Meireles kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. In the 5th minute Guto Britto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Gaspar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Belmiro Barral struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Jarbas Branco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Esporte Clube Comercial. If Osmar Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes into the match, Esporte Clube Comercial's Belmiro Barral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jarbas Branco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jarbas Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Belmiro Barral in the 15th minute of the match. When Edmílson Meireles was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 16 minutes had been played. Esporte Clube Comercial's Belmiro Barral got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ricardinho Gaspar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Augusto Terra went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When João Augusto Terra, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 22 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Ricardinho Gaspar was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. After 23 played minutes Esporte Clube Comercial got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Fernando Vander. 27 minutes into the match, Esporte Clube Comercial's goalkeeper Ricardinho Gaspar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by João Augusto Terra. In the 28th minute, Belmiro Barral made a precise shot to the right of Jarbas Branco. Boston Garden's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The supporters of Esporte Clube Comercial booed when Boston Garden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jerônimo Barros didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Belmiro Barral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 40 minutes into the match, João Augusto Terra dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ricardinho Gaspar, 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. João Augusto Terra was the one to do the kick off. Gil Figueiredo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Ricardinho Gaspar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Esporte Clube Comercial's Luiz Fernando Vander got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If João Augusto Terra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Belmiro Barral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When João Augusto Terra came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Boston Garden 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 João Augusto Terra couldn't finish the play. Ricardinho Gaspar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faustão Branco in the 74th minute of the match. Ricardinho Gaspar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Augusto Terra in the 77th minute of the match. Boston Garden's João Augusto Terra got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ricardinho Gaspar came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Boston Garden's João Augusto Terra. But to his dismay, João Augusto Terra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. With a little luck, Boston Garden's Jarbas Branco got control of the ball when Belmiro Barral tried to sneak it across the goal line. Esporte Clube Comercial's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.