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Arena da Liberdade
Spectators: 8451 (Terracing: 6339, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Victorio Pabla made the kick off which started today's match. Acácio Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victorio Pabla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorio Pabla in the 6th minute of play. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind POPULAR F.C's goalkeeper Pancracio Paniagua, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A throw-in in the 11th minute of the game was made by Glauco da Rocha with Roberto-Carlos Håland as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 13th minute, Rafinha Trancoso made a precise shot to the right of Pancracio Paniagua. POPULAR F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. POPULAR F.C's Pancracio Paniagua played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafinha Trancoso in the 21st minute of play. Pancracio Paniagua showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafinha Trancoso in the 21st minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of POPULAR F.C:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Club Athletico Paulistano:s goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Club Athletico Paulistano's Fabinho dos Santos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pancracio Paniagua. That made the score 2-0 after 34 minutes of play. Pancracio Paniagua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafinha Trancoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Mei Xun Jun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Acácio Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Fabinho dos Santos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Athletico Paulistano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

POPULAR F.C made a substitution. Maicon de Godoi replaced Moisés Matorin. Pancracio Paniagua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafinha Trancoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Pancracio Paniagua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabinho dos Santos in the 69th minute of play. Pancracio Paniagua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabinho dos Santos in the 79th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Fabinho dos Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pancracio Paniagua was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Fabinho dos Santos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pancracio Paniagua read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Club Athletico Paulistano's Acácio Lara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Club Athletico Paulistano from getting a goal against them. Acácio Lara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victorio Pabla in the 95th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Club Athletico Paulistano had won after a very even match.