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Gigabyte Arena
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) A collision led to Gigabyte Futebol getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Vágner Goiano hit a great ball. If Eliézer do Nascimento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Nicolas de Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot. S. E. Palestra's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicolas de Amaral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luís Fábio de Souza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nicolas de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Luís Fábio de Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to S. E. Palestra getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Betão Vaz hit a great ball. Gláuber Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Teles in the 21st minute of the match. Luís Fábio de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas de Amaral in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Joel Teles reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gláuber Ramalho. The goal made the score 1-0. Luís Fábio de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sílvio Luís Vinhas in the 30th minute of the match. Eurico Toledo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Gláuber Ramalho made a huge save. Luís Fábio de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliézer do Nascimento in the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas de Amaral in the 41st minute of play forced Gigabyte Futebol's goalkeeper Luís Fábio de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 45 minutes, Nicolas de Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S. E. Palestra's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolas de Amaral was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 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.

The wind increased when Eliézer do Nascimento made the kick off in the second half. Luís Fábio de Souza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliézer do Nascimento went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 54 minutes, Nicolas de Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S. E. Palestra's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolas de Amaral 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 58th match minute, S. E. Palestra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sílvio Luís Vinhas to maneuver through the defense. Nicolas de Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Fábio de Souza having to interfere. 70 minutes into the match, S. E. Palestra's goal looked a bit too open when Eurico Toledo came free, but Gláuber Ramalho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gláuber Ramalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Teles, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 75th minute Eliézer do Nascimento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Fábio de Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. S. E. Palestra's Gláuber Ramalho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wiliam Gonçalves in the 79th minute of play. Eliézer do Nascimento struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Luís Fábio de Souza didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for S. E. Palestra.