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Arena Palestra
Spectators: 7198 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ismael Siqueira started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, one of Palestra de Tomini:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Maicon Borges shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Ismael Siqueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valdir de Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Borges having to interfere. João Borges stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valdir de Barros's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute Valdir de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Angels's Anselmo Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 21 minutes into the match, Palestra de Tomini's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Costa came free, but João Borges reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Palestra de Tomini's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Costa came free, but João Borges reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anderson Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Willian Camargo having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Ismael Siqueira 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. After a rather tough play, Angels's Juan Queiroz got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Angels's goalkeeper Willian Camargo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valdir de Barros in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck João Borges prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 42nd minute Anselmo Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Palestra de Tomini's Emanuel Munhoz got a free kick in the 44th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Costa in the 45th minute of play forced Palestra de Tomini's goalkeeper João Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valdir de Barros to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Palestra de Tomini's goal looked a bit too open when Valdir de Barros came free, but João Borges reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valdir de Barros succeeded in the game's 59th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Anselmo Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, João Borges successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Cláudio Favoretto lost his temper 77 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Valdir de Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Borges having to interfere. In the 86th minute Valdir de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. João Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Queiroz in the 88th minute of play. The supporters of Palestra de Tomini booed when Angels was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maicon Borges didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maicon Borges took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for João Borges. Palestra de Tomini's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Emanuel Munhoz charged in rather forcefully in the 99th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emanuel Munhoz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 99 played minutes Palestra de Tomini got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Munhoz. When the final whistle sounded Angels left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Palestra de Tomini.