League

Estádio Cosmorama
Spectators: 7199 (Terracing: 5401, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristiano Castro took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Dinei Marinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paulinho Urbano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ademar Lopez in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10thth minute of the game Ademar Lopez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acarai's Paulinho Urbano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristiano Castro succeeded in the game's 12th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. In the 15th minute Otávio Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franklin de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Turbonegro's Franklin de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Castro in the 21st minute of play. Franklin de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Travassos in the 29th minute of the match. If Ademar Lopez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Dinei Marinho fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Turbonegro's protests and gave Dinei Marinho a yellow card for diving instead. Dinei Marinho hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. If Alexsandro Moreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Cristiano Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dinei Marinho got free with Paulinho Urbano in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 44th minute, Dinei Marinho 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. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ademar Lopez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dinei Marinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulinho Urbano having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Castro in the 62nd minute of play forced Turbonegro's goalkeeper Franklin de Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ademar Lopez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulinho Urbano was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Cristiano Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ademar Lopez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Ademar Lopez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Otávio Travassos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Franklin de Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Otávio Travassos got free with Franklin de Brito in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paulinho Urbano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ademar Lopez's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Acarai eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.