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NEO QUIMICA ARENA
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Cristiano Senna made the kick off and thus started the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zé Braga during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of CORINTHIANS booed when S.E. Palmeiras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Braga didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was beautiful to see CORINTHIANS's Abel Schmidt in action when he in the 12th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Wilson Veiga in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Lauro Matos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. CORINTHIANS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adalberto Passos in the 16th minute. After taking down the ball on CORINTHIANS's corner Adalberto Passos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lauro Matos quite easily take care of the ball. A hard shot by Moisés de Almeida from long distance, 18 minutes into the match, got Lauro Matos's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Zé da Mata hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. The supporters of S.E. Palmeiras booed when CORINTHIANS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedrão Berger didn't get a good kick on the ball. S.E. Palmeiras's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Adalberto Passos 32 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. 35 minutes into the match, Adalberto Passos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lauro Matos. S.E. Palmeiras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adalberto Passos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 39th minute of the game. One of S.E. Palmeiras:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of CORINTHIANS:s goal. Ronaldo Barral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Araújo in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, CORINTHIANS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urtsín Dumont to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute, Cristiano Senna 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. 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.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Adalberto Passos in the 53rd minute of play forced S.E. Palmeiras's goalkeeper Lauro Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lauro Matos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilson Veiga in the 57th minute of play. CORINTHIANS's Ronaldo Barral proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save CORINTHIANS from getting a goal against them. Lauro Matos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adalberto Passos, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 67 minutes into the game, Toninho Novaes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Ronaldo Barral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ronaldo Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Senna in the 70th minute of the match. After 72 played minutes, CORINTHIANS's Pedrão Berger shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lauro Matos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in CORINTHIANS reached it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wilson Veiga in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lauro Matos saved S.E. Palmeiras from getting behind. With a little luck, CORINTHIANS's Ronaldo Barral got control of the ball when Toninho Novaes tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 79 played minutes CORINTHIANS got a freekick which was hit by Pedrão Berger. CORINTHIANS's Caio Paiva was substituted for Artur Bueno. In the 80th minute, Pedrão Berger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 85 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for S.E. Palmeiras! In the 86th minute there was a penalty for CORINTHIANS. Urtsín Dumont stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Lauro Matos. 4-1. In the 95th play minute Toninho Novaes came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ronaldo Barral. 4-2. CORINTHIANS were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of S.E. Palmeiras for a fine match.