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Estádio Ayrton Senna
Spectators: 8008 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jailson Fernandez got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the AnÐaRaHy defense, Renan Valladares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bruno Cruz. The AnÐaRaHy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bruno Cruz should have stopped the shot. In the 12th minute of the match, Jailson Fernandez got a very nice opportunity to score, but Bruno Cruz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 16th minute, Henrique Almeida ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrique Arruda was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 21 minutes into the match, AnÐaRaHy's goal looked a bit too open when Renan Valladares came free, but Bruno Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, MEL - ULTIMATE's Claudinei Abreu got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 33rdth minute of the game Renan Valladares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AnÐaRaHy's Bruno Cruz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. MEL - ULTIMATE's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yuri Pires in the 34th minute. The corner led MEL - ULTIMATE's Nilmar Garcia to fire away a dangerous shot which Bruno Cruz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 41st minute, Henrique 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. Henrique Arruda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Almeida in the 44th minute of play.

The wind increased when Maurício Bittencourt made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, AnÐaRaHy's goal looked a bit too open when Renan Valladares came free, but Bruno Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, AnÐaRaHy's goal looked a bit too open when Nilmar Garcia came free, but Bruno Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61stth minute of the game Henrique Almeida who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MEL - ULTIMATE's Henrique Arruda was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Henrique Almeida might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrique Arruda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Henrique Almeida ran back to his position shaking his head. Henrique Arruda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Almeida in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurício Bittencourt in the 67th minute of play forced MEL - ULTIMATE's goalkeeper Henrique Arruda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, AnÐaRaHy's goal looked a bit too open when Renan Valladares came free, but Bruno Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AnÐaRaHy made a substitution. Diguinho Gaúcho replaced Maurício Bittencourt. AnÐaRaHy were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after MEL - ULTIMATE's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sílvio Vides took the corner. 79 minutes into the match, MEL - ULTIMATE's Nilmar Garcia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bruno Cruz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diguinho Gaúcho got free with Henrique Arruda in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bruno Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jailson Fernandez in the 81st minute of the match. Claudinei Abreu hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. MEL - ULTIMATE's defense didn't have a chance, in the 84th minute, when Diguinho Gaúcho scored to the left of an out of position Henrique Arruda, making the score, 1-2. MEL - ULTIMATE's Henrique Arruda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save MEL - ULTIMATE from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, AnÐaRaHy's Henrique Almeida got a free kick in the 95th minute. The AnÐaRaHy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AnÐaRaHy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.