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Estadio dos Jesuitas
Spectators: 5794 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sandro Sampaio kicked off to start the match. After 12 minutes of play, Palmas FC's Anderson Teles made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedrão Correia was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Jânio Mendonça in the 16th minute of play forced Kevao So Pao's goalkeeper Pedrão Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jânio Mendonça in the 19th minute of play forced Kevao So Pao's goalkeeper Pedrão Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sandro Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 24 minutes into the match, Kevao So Pao's goal looked a bit too open when Anderson Teles came free, but Pedrão Correia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kevao So Pao's goalkeeper Pedrão Correia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 30 minutes, Jânio Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palmas FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jânio Mendonça was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sandro Cordeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedrão Correia having to interfere. After having played for 46 minutes, Jânio Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palmas FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jânio Mendonça was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 53rd minute, Jânio Mendonça 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. Rafa Marques didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sandro Sampaio went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Rafa Marques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rui Lara in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute Sandro Sampaio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Marques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Kevao So Pao's Pedrão Correia got control of the ball when Jânio Mendonça tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedrão Correia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Galvão in the 67th minute of the match. After 68 minutes, Bernardo Pitta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kevao So Pao and the Palmas FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 68th minute, Bernardo Pitta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the game, Sandro Cordeiro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Pedrão Correia. Sandro Cordeiro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. Kevao So Pao's Pedrão Correia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Kevao So Pao from getting a goal against them. Sandro Cordeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedrão Correia having to interfere. Sandro Cordeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Pedrão Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Palmas FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kevao So Pao throughout the match.