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Guaxinduba
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Patriotas F.C.'s João Pedro Borges started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a couple of smart ball manuevers João Pedro Borges in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Diguinho Penha saved Thiago futebol club from getting behind. In the 6th minute, Eusébio Linhares 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. Gabriel Mineiro hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After having played for 9 minutes, Raúl Pena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Patriotas F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Raúl Pena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gerson Catarinense kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. When João Pedro Borges came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Patriotas F.C. 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 Pedro Borges couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Patriotas F.C.'s Eusébio Linhares got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 16 played minutes, Thiago futebol club's Ademar do Valle shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gernando de Mendonça came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Thiago futebol club reached it. João Pedro Borges blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Diguinho Penha having to make a save. The audience was convinced that João Pedro Borges's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diguinho Penha was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Ademar do Valle's late challenge caught a Patriotas F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ademar do Valle helped the player get up and apologised. Ademar do Valle hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Carlos Eduardo Pirani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Gernando de Mendonça tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute Amílton Medeiros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gernando de Mendonça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patriotas F.C.'s Gernando de Mendonça proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Patriotas F.C. from getting a goal against them. After 43 minutes, Kauã Nóbrega mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Thiago futebol club and the Patriotas F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Thiago futebol club's Kauã Nóbrega got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Gernando de Mendonça was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Amílton Medeiros showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 46 minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amílton Medeiros to make the kick off. In the 57th minute, Ademar do Valle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Thiago futebol club's Carlos Eduardo Pirani in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Patriotas F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Diguinho Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Pedro Borges, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gernando de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerson Catarinense in the 71st minute of the match. If Eusébio Linhares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. João Pedro Borges fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diguinho Penha having to interfere. Amílton Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Gernando de Mendonça tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Eduardo Pirani in the 81st minute of play forced Patriotas F.C.'s goalkeeper Gernando de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute, Eusébio Linhares 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. Raúl Pena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gernando de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amílton Medeiros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Carlos Eduardo Pirani came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Thiago futebol club 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 Carlos Eduardo Pirani couldn't finish the play.