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Estádio Kalupão
Spectators: 8065 (Terracing: 6050, Seating: 1855, VIP seats: 160) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Belmiro Lima kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Internacional de Almagro's Lauro Gaspar got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Lucas Torres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Belmiro Lima kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Romulo Viator. That made the score 2-0 in the 12 minute of play. With 14 minutes on the clock, Tomás Peixoto commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Tomás Peixoto got a free kick in the 15th minute. Romulo Viator made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rubinho Abreu in the 24th minute. Internacional de Almagro's Lucas Torres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Xiang Xun in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute of the match OTTO FC - FSCMZ got a corner. Internacional de Almagro's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lenílson Nascimento ran over to the corner to take the kick. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Lenílson Nascimento was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lucas Torres in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind OTTO FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Romulo Viator, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by OTTO FC - FSCMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Washington Lago was slow to take the kick. During this time Internacional de Almagro's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of OTTO FC - FSCMZ's goalie and right to Reginaldo Baiano. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 42 minutes into the game, Su Shu Zhen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Lucas Torres was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Su Shu Zhen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lucas Torres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Su Shu Zhen in the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to OTTO FC - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Ricardinho Mesquita hit a great ball. Internacional de Almagro's Lucas Torres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Su Shu Zhen in the 62nd minute of play. In the 70th minute Rubinho Abreu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romulo Viator saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romulo Viator made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lauro Gaspar in the 73rd minute of play. After having played for 79 minutes, Su Shu Zhen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Su Shu Zhen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 83rd minute of the match OTTO FC - FSCMZ got a corner. Internacional de Almagro's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lenílson Nascimento ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Su Shu Zhen almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Internacional de Almagro's Lucas Torres did a great save. After 85 minutes Internacional de Almagro's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lenílson Nascimento who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Gonçalo Vargas heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 90th minute Belmiro Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romulo Viator saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes into the game, Ren Xiang Xun recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Lucas Torres. Ren Xiang Xun showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. OTTO FC - FSCMZ were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.