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Puleirão
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nelson Couto kicked off to start the match. Raúl Fonseca hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 7th minute, Nelson Couto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sport Club Corinthians fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Fred Hoffmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Vieira having to interfere. Fred Hoffmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Vieira having to interfere. In the 16th minute, Nelson Couto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sport Club Corinthians fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Claudinei de Andrade charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Claudinei de Andrade the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th minute, Claudinei de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raúl Fonseca's late challenge caught a Sport Club Corinthians's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raúl Fonseca helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Sport Club Corinthians booed when GALÃO JF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raúl Fonseca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Armando Vieira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Couto in the 23rd minute of the match. When Luís Fernando Tavares fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sport Club Corinthians's protests and gave Luís Fernando Tavares a yellow card for diving instead. In the 24th minute, Luís Fernando Tavares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes into the match, GALÃO JF's goal looked a bit too open when Nelson Couto came free, but Armando Vieira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute, Joaquim Tinoco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sport Club Corinthians's Diogo Leite played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raúl Fonseca in the 31st minute of play. In the 34thth minute of the game Nelson Couto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GALÃO JF's Armando Vieira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Armando Vieira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Couto in the 36th minute of the match. In the 40th play minute Jerônimo Brodel came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Diogo Leite. 1-2. 45 minutes into the match, Sport Club Corinthians's goal looked a bit too open when Jerônimo Brodel came free, but Diogo Leite reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Nelson Couto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Raúl Fonseca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Sport Club Corinthians's goal looked a bit too open when Raúl Fonseca came free, but Diogo Leite reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diogo Leite showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerônimo Brodel, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After 58 played minutes, GALÃO JF's Gilmar Moreno shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Diogo Leite came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in GALÃO JF reached it. When Raúl Fonseca came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the GALÃO JF 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 Raúl Fonseca couldn't finish the play. Sport Club Corinthians's Diogo Leite played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerônimo Brodel in the 63rd minute of play. The Sport Club Corinthians fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when Sport Club Corinthians's Nelson Couto looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Nelson Couto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Armando Vieira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 2-4 became the score in the 70th minute when Nelson Couto elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a rather tough play, GALÃO JF's Raimundo Santana got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Diogo Leite showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raúl Fonseca in the 75th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Claudinei de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, João Paulo de Almeida 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. The supporters of GALÃO JF booed when Sport Club Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fernando Tavares didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th minute, GALÃO JF's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nelson Couto fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Nelson Couto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle sounded Sport Club Corinthians left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than GALÃO JF.