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Morumbi
Spectators: 6674 (Terracing: 5001, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Luís Gustavo Neto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maicon Teles was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Egídio Queiroz hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. David Netto 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. 11 minutes into the game, Wilton Paraíba was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pumpkins's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave São Paulo the free kick. Charles França received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. João Adolfo Paraense tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luís Gustavo Neto in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Maicon Teles prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pumpkins's João Adolfo Paraense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomé Ramos in the 21st minute of play. Luís Gustavo Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maicon Teles having to interfere. David Netto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maicon Teles having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, David Netto notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of São Paulo's Maicon Teles. Maicon Teles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 35th minute, Oscar Passos made a precise shot to the right of Maicon Teles. São Paulo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After a rather tough play, Pumpkins's Geovani Gaúcho got a free kick in the 38th minute. Maicon Teles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Gustavo Neto in the 40th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Luís Gustavo Neto 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 some careless play in the São Paulo defense, David Netto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maicon Teles. The São Paulo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maicon Teles should have stopped the shot. If David Netto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Charles França in the 53rd minute of play forced Pumpkins's goalkeeper João Adolfo Paraense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the game, São Paulo's Tomé Ramos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. João Adolfo Paraense made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Reynaldo Barral's late challenge caught a Pumpkins's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reynaldo Barral helped the player get up and apologised. Reynaldo Barral hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute David Netto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maicon Teles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Netto's late challenge caught a São Paulo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Netto helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes Pumpkins got a freekick which was hit by David Netto. 74 minutes into the game, Geovanni Vasconcelos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. São Paulo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pumpkins the free kick. After 75 played minutes São Paulo got a freekick which was hit by Geovanni Vasconcelos. David Netto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Maicon Teles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maicon Teles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Netto in the 85th minute of play. Maicon Teles was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and David Netto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. David Netto really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. Luís Gustavo Neto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Maicon Teles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Gustavo Neto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle sounded Pumpkins left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than São Paulo.