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Caldeirão
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Só Canela FC's Maicon Mendonça started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Maicon Mendonças short, quick shot in the 4thth minute got Kléberson de Medeiros to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Kléberson de Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romário Aguiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Afonso de Queirós showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nico Ceresso in the 6th minute of the match. Maicon Mendonças short, quick shot in the 7thth minute got Kléberson de Medeiros to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A hard shot 8 in the game by Maicon Mendonça from a close distance when the talented Kléberson de Medeiros managed to make a qualified save. Racing Paulista 1999's players were relieved. Afonso de Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sílvio Fernandes in the 12th minute of play. Só Canela FC's Mané Silva got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Romário Aguiar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Kléberson de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nico Ceresso's late challenge caught a Só Canela FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nico Ceresso helped the player get up and apologised. A hard shot 20 in the game by Maicon Mendonça from a close distance when the talented Kléberson de Medeiros managed to make a qualified save. Racing Paulista 1999's players were relieved. Só Canela FC's Afonso de Queirós played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Fernandes in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nico Ceresso in the 29th minute of play forced Só Canela FC's goalkeeper Afonso de Queirós to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35 minutes of play, Racing Paulista 1999's Sílvio Fernandes made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afonso de Queirós was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sílvio Fernandes took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Afonso de Queirós. Afonso de Queirós dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Álvaro Meireles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Afonso de Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After 60 minutes, Sílvio Fernandes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Racing Paulista 1999 and the Só Canela FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Racing Paulista 1999's Sílvio Fernandes got a free kick in the 60th minute. Kléberson de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the 66th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Nico Ceresso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Maicon Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kléberson de Medeiros was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Kléberson de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the 74th minute of the match. In the 77th minute, Mané Silva 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. Álvaro Meireles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Afonso de Queirós made a huge save. With a little luck, Só Canela FC's Afonso de Queirós got control of the ball when Álvaro Meireles tried to sneak it across the goal line. 84 minutes into the game, Fernandão Trevisan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Kléberson de Medeiros was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. During the 89th minute of the match Sílvio Fernandes completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Sílvio Fernandes a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Racing Paulista 1999's Sílvio Fernandes got a free kick in the 89th minute. Kléberson de Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Álvaro Meireles succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-4 in the 92nd playminute. Só Canela FC's Afonso de Queirós proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Só Canela FC from getting a goal against them. Renato Gaúcho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Racing Paulista 1999 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.