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Spectators: 7220 (Terracing: 5416, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Fred Cabral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hílton Botelho in the 6th minute of play. After 8 minutes of play, Real Madrid's Tião Santana made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fred Cabral was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fred Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hílton Botelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Tião Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tião Santana scored 0-2 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fred Cabral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Elano Saldanha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Teles having to interfere. Nildo Pernambucano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but André Teles made a huge save. Venezia's Elano Saldanha got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edvaldo Fontes in the 28th minute of play forced Venezia's goalkeeper Fred Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Elano Saldanha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Teles was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Tião Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Madrid's supporters rose to their feet, but Tião Santana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fred Cabral breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tião Santana struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Fred Cabral didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real Madrid. In the 48th minute of the match Sidney Seco shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fred Cabral showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After the first half Real Madrid were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Elano Saldanha made the kick off in the second half. Nildo Pernambucano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Teles having to interfere. 57 minutes in the game, Hílton Botelho fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Fred Cabral having to interfere. Hílton Botelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Fred Cabral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 61 minutes into the game, Zé Lucas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venezia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Real Madrid the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hílton Botelho in the 65th minute of play forced Venezia's goalkeeper Fred Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th match minute, Venezia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Natanael Sousa to maneuver through the defense. Hílton Botelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fred Cabral having to interfere. Nildo Pernambucano struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. André Teles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Venezia. If Elano Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 78 minutes into the game, Juan de Godoi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Madrid's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezia the free kick. If Hílton Botelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Elano Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tião Santana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fred Cabral having to interfere. Real Madrid's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.