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Arena da Baixada
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5423, Seating: 1250, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the game, Atlético-PR's Emanuel Mangueira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rafael Lara made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 7 minutes into the game, one of Atlético-PR:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Olavo Varela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Márcio Bezerra in the 13th minute of the match. Kléberson Carvalho's late challenge caught a Atlético-PR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kléberson Carvalho helped the player get up and apologised. Kléberson Carvalho hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Atlético-PR defense, Marquinhos Simão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olavo Varela. The Atlético-PR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olavo Varela should have stopped the shot. After 45 minutes, Donato Fonseca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atlético-PR and the Xaxim AD players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 45th minute, Donato Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marquinhos Simão stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Váldson Gomes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 52nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rafael Lara. Xaxim AD's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Atlético-PR's Olavo Varela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marquinhos Simão in the 56th minute of play. Márcio Bezerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olavo Varela having to interfere. After 59 played minutes Marquinhos Simão rounded Atlético-PR's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-5. In the 64th minute, Emanuel Mangueira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafael Lara was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-5. Luisão Neto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Rafael Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marquinhos Simão blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Olavo Varela having to make a save. 72 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goal looked a bit too open when Marquinhos Simão came free, but Olavo Varela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Marquinhos Simão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Xaxim AD's Marquinhos Simão got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 79 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goalkeeper Olavo Varela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Márcio Bezerra. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisão Neto in the 88th minute of play forced Xaxim AD's goalkeeper Rafael Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emanuel Mangueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marquinhos Simão succeeded in the game's 92nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-6. The Xaxim AD players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.