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Maracanã Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Brazil's Murilo Barros Rosa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Murilo Barros Rosa. Heitor Paim Belluci stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jago Štriker's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute Jago Štriker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Heitor Paim Belluci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Murilo Barros Rosa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Falcão Cunha made a huge save. In the 12th minute Brazil were awarded a corner. Alexandre Paz Rocha went to the cornerflag to take it. A sloppy throw-in by Roland Danielsson in the 14th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Brazil's Danilo Aguiar Farias. Murilo Barros Rosas short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Falcão Cunha to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Heitor Paim Belluci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jago Štriker in the 21st minute of play. Murilo Barros Rosa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Falcão Cunha made a huge save. 42 minutes into the match, Danilo Aguiar Farias dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Falcão Cunha, 1-0. After 45 minutes, Reinaldo Guerra Esteves mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brazil and the Gracie Barra players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Brazil's Reinaldo Guerra Esteves got a free kick in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Gracie Barra made a substitution. Hugo de Queirós replaced Jago Štriker. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hugo de Queirós was the one to do the kick off. Falcão Cunha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandre Paz Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brazil were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Gracie Barra's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alexandre Paz Rocha took the corner. Adriano Macedo Sanches was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. If 柯锋真 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 68 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandre Paz Rocha came free, but Falcão Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Brazil booed when Gracie Barra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nilton Botelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Brazil's Renato Belluci Rosa was substituted for Adriano Macedo Sanches. Falcão Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renato Pedroso Kimura, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute, Nilton Botelho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gracie Barra fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Danilo Aguiar Farias in the 81st minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Thiago Silvan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 86th minute, Renato Belluci Rosa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brazil fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 90th minute of the match Brazil got a corner. Gracie Barra's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ivo Reis Quadros ran over to the corner to take the kick. 91 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goal looked a bit too open when Danilo Aguiar Farias came free, but Falcão Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, Renato Pedroso Kimura notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha. Falcão Cunha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Brazil fully deserved thier win.