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Estádio Nilton Santo
Spectators: 7292 (Terracing: 5471, Seating: 1677, VIP seats: 144) Tricolor dos Pampas FC's Donato Senna 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. After a defensive mix-up in Tricolor dos Pampas FC's zone, Luisinho Santos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Paulo Silva came out of the goal and Luisinho Santos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Donato Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Botafogo's Benedito Gomes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Oliveira in the 9th minute of play. Jonathan Oliveira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Benedito Gomes having to make a save. Téo Pinheiro hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Luan Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Botafogo's supporters rose to their feet, but Luan Messias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luís Paulo Silva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 20 minutes into the game, Wesley Miranda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tricolor dos Pampas FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Botafogo the free kick. The supporters of Botafogo booed when Tricolor dos Pampas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wesley Miranda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mathias Dias kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Donato Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedito Gomes having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, Botafogo's goal looked a bit too open when Donato Senna came free, but Benedito Gomes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the last second Luís Paulo Silva throw himself and got hold of the ball when Luisinho Santos in the 28thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. A collision led to Tricolor dos Pampas FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Igor Martins hit a great ball. 33 minutes into the match, Botafogo's Luan Messias broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Luisinho Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Paulo Silva having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luisinho Santos got free with Luís Paulo Silva in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gonçalo da Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Paulo Silva having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Tricolor dos Pampas FC's Cícero Loureiro got a free kick in the 39th minute. In the 40th minute, Jailson de Souza fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Luís Paulo Silva, passed just outside the right post. Luís Paulo Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zeca de Godoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luisinho Santos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luís Paulo Silva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luisinho Santos's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisinho Santos in the 61st minute of play forced Tricolor dos Pampas FC's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Paulo Silva didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gonçalo da Rocha went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 69 minutes, Luisinho Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Botafogo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luisinho Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 71 minutes into the match, Tricolor dos Pampas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luisinho Santos came free, but Luís Paulo Silva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dalmo Mendonça might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Paulo Silva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dalmo Mendonça ran back to his position shaking his head. If Luisinho Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Paulo Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisinho Santos in the 79th minute of play. Luisinho Santos's late challenge caught a Tricolor dos Pampas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luisinho Santos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 81st match minute, Botafogo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luisinho Santos to maneuver through the defense. Dráusio Botelho's late challenge caught a Tricolor dos Pampas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dráusio Botelho helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Tricolor dos Pampas FC booed when Botafogo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dráusio Botelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luisinho Santos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Luís Paulo Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Paulo Silva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luisinho Santos's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Benedito Gomes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Senna in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 93rd match minute, Botafogo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mathias Dias to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Tricolor dos Pampas FC's zone, Luisinho Santos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Paulo Silva came out of the goal and Luisinho Santos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Botafogo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.