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VILA CAPANEMA
Spectators: 7233 (Terracing: 5460, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zé Carlos Palmeira started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the game, Agnaldo Bertassi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PARANÁ CLUBE's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tricoloucos FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, PARANÁ CLUBE's Agnaldo Bertassi got a free kick in the 9th minute. PARANÁ CLUBE's Francisco Pinheiro got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Benjamin Brasil was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Lauro Palmeira showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. In the 18th minute, Tricoloucos FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lauro Palmeira fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Zé Carlos Palmeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jefferson Furtado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Carlos Palmeira in the 23rd minute of the match. When Zé Carlos Palmeira came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Tricoloucos FC 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 Zé Carlos Palmeira couldn't finish the play. After 37 minutes Tricoloucos FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Válbson Valladares who took care of the corner kick. Arí Lara's late challenge caught a PARANÁ CLUBE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arí Lara helped the player get up and apologised. When Francisco Pinheiro came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the PARANÁ CLUBE 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 Francisco Pinheiro couldn't finish the play. Jefferson Furtado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fred Queiroz went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lauro Palmeira made a kick off. Tricoloucos FC's Zé Carlos Palmeira got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Tricoloucos FC booed when PARANÁ CLUBE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Dracena didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Lauro Palmeira came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the PARANÁ CLUBE 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 Lauro Palmeira couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, PARANÁ CLUBE's Jefferson Furtado got control of the ball when Arí Lara tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Zé Carlos Palmeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 81 minutes, Zé Carlos Palmeira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tricoloucos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zé Carlos Palmeira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 90 minutes into the match, Tricoloucos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lauro Palmeira came free, but Benjamin Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 99th minute of the match Válbson Valladares sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benjamin Brasil skillfully saved the ball.