ARENA
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The supporters of GRÊMIO booed when A A Arizona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dráusio de Salles didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to GRÊMIO getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Acácio Donato hit a great ball. If Chicão Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind GRÊMIO's goalkeeper Nestor Sampaio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 15th minute, Chicão Freire made a precise shot to the right of Nestor Sampaio. GRÊMIO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. A A Arizona's Rodolfo Siqueira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save A A Arizona from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guto Cabral in the 18th minute of play forced A A Arizona's goalkeeper Rodolfo Siqueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Gildo Linares took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Rodolfo Siqueira to make any attempt to save it. When Simão Sena fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored A A Arizona's protests and gave Simão Sena a yellow card for diving instead. Simão Sena hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Gildo Linares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Rodolfo Siqueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Cunha scored 2-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rodolfo Siqueira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 33 minutes of play, A A Arizona's Vágner Pitta made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nestor Sampaio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Flávio Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Nestor Sampaio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vágner Pitta went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Vágner Pitta scored 2-4 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nestor Sampaio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-4 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 Vágner Pitta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, GRÊMIO's Gildo Linares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rodolfo Siqueira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-4. Vágner Pitta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Nestor Sampaio made a huge save. In the 57th match minute, GRÊMIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Carlos Rezende to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of GRÊMIO booed when A A Arizona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Álvaro de Castro didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Artur Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 73rd minute Guto Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Siqueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodolfo Siqueira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guto Cabral in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Simão Sena made a precise shot to the right of Nestor Sampaio. GRÊMIO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-5. Diego do Valle's late challenge caught a A A Arizona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diego do Valle helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of GRÊMIO:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of A A Arizona:s goal. 84 minutes into the game, Guto Cabral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GRÊMIO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave A A Arizona the free kick. After a rather tough play, GRÊMIO's Guto Cabral got a free kick in the 84th minute. Nestor Sampaio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vágner Pitta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Vágner Pitta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vágner Pitta in the 90th minute of play forced GRÊMIO's goalkeeper Nestor Sampaio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 played minutes GRÊMIO got a freekick which was hit by Tyson Touro. Nestor Sampaio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vágner Pitta in the 92nd minute of play. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind GRÊMIO's goalkeeper Nestor Sampaio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in GRÊMIO's zone, Fabinho Sanches stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nestor Sampaio came out of the goal and Fabinho Sanches tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabinho Sanches during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 97th match minute, GRÊMIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristóvão Cabral to maneuver through the defense. The A A Arizona players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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