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arena corinthians
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marcelo Dantas kicked off to start the match. A collision led to corinthians getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. José Pedro Gerber hit a great ball. Jonas de Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcelo Dantas in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonas de Andrade saved corinthians from getting behind. Jonas de Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Dantas in the 11th minute of the match. José Pedro Gerber hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. A collision led to Bacabal getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Murilo Netto hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Bacabal's zone, Caco Dante stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Duarte Ramalho came out of the goal and Caco Dante tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Duarte Ramalho made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Dida Lopes sent off a good shot on target. Jonas de Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Couto in the 25th minute of the match. Duarte Ramalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebeto Siqueira in the 27th minute of play. Jonas de Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Couto in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Couto in the 29th minute of play forced corinthians's goalkeeper Jonas de Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute Bebeto Siqueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Dida Lopes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The corinthians fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Dedê da Fonseca received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Duarte Ramalho came out and tried to block the shot, but Dedê da Fonseca slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 41st minute. After 46 played minutes corinthians got a freekick which was hit by Dino do Vale. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bebeto Siqueira made a kick off. Bacabal's Luiz Fabiano Alcântara got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 54th minute, Sebastião Rossi made a precise shot to the right of Jonas de Andrade. corinthians's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 63 minutes into the game, corinthians's José Maria Dante nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Duarte Ramalho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. A collision led to corinthians getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. José Maria Dante hit a great ball. Duarte Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dedê da Fonseca in the 71st minute of the match. Duarte Ramalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dida Lopes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Duarte Ramalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bebeto Siqueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Dida Lopes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duarte Ramalho was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Dida Lopes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st minute, Christiano Paes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Christiano Paes fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bacabal's protests and gave Christiano Paes a yellow card for diving instead. 86 minutes into the match, Bacabal's goal looked a bit too open when Dida Lopes came free, but Duarte Ramalho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bebeto Siqueira in the 87th minute of play forced Bacabal's goalkeeper Duarte Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute Dida Lopes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Luiz Fabiano Alcântara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bacabal's supporters rose to their feet, but Luiz Fabiano Alcântara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonas de Andrade breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Duarte Ramalho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bebeto Siqueira went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. For all the effort they put into the match, the Bacabal players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for corinthians.