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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Otávio Zonta kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Indiarana getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Belmiro Marques hit a great ball. Diguinho Coelho's late challenge caught a Indiarana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diguinho Coelho helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th match minute, Grêmio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diguinho Coelho to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th play minute Wellington Aguiar came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dráusio Loyola. 1-1. Aílton Pitta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 20th match minute, Indiarana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Albuquerque to maneuver through the defense. 21 minutes into the game, Grêmio's Eugênio Peres nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dráusio Loyola made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Gabriel Gaspar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Wellington Aguiar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Dráusio Loyola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aílton Pitta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Dráusio Loyola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wellington Aguiar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dráusio Loyola having to interfere. Aílton Pitta 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Otávio Zonta in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sílvio Luís Quadros saved Grêmio from getting behind. Aílton Pitta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Dráusio Loyola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wellington Aguiar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Dráusio Loyola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aílton Pitta to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Aílton Pitta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grêmio's supporters rose to their feet, but Aílton Pitta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dráusio Loyola breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sílvio Luís Quadros was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gabriel Gaspar showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 58 minute of play. Dráusio Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aílton Pitta, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. If Wellington Aguiar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 69 minutes into the game, Grêmio's Wellington Aguiar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dráusio Loyola made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Wellington Aguiar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dráusio Loyola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aílton Pitta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dráusio Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aílton Pitta, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 91st minute, Wellington Aguiar made a precise shot to the right of Dráusio Loyola. Indiarana's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. Indiarana's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.