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Estádio Nilson Silva
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Téo Araújo got the match started through his kick off. Turbonegro's Rogério Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Turbonegro from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Turbonegro getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Adilson de Azevedo hit a great ball. Tomás Xavier hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute, Edmundo Silva made a precise shot to the right of Rafael Toscano. FC PILÂO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Téo Araújo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogério Romero having to interfere. Rogério Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Téo Araújo in the 22nd minute of play. Téo Araújo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Rogério Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rafael Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Silva in the 32nd minute of the match. Rafael Toscano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Silva in the 33rd minute of play. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Turbonegro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cesinha Trevisan was slow to take the kick. During this time FC PILÂO's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC PILÂO's Cesinha Trevisan to fire away a dangerous shot which Rogério Romero despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Turbonegro getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Toninho Borges hit a great ball. The long shot by Cesinha Trevisan in the 45th minute really tested Rogério Romero's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Bernardinho Gaúcho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The wind increased when Frank Dantas made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, FC PILÂO's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Edmundo Silva fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 59 minutes into the match, FC PILÂO's Téo Araújo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rogério Romero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Bernardinho Gaúcho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rogério Romero was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Bernardinho Gaúcho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75th minute, Edmundo Silva made a precise shot to the right of Rafael Toscano. FC PILÂO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. When Edmundo Silva came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Turbonegro fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edmundo Silva couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Edmundo Silva managed to get in a good position for a shot. Turbonegro's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmundo Silva was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rafael Toscano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Felippe de Alcântara's late challenge caught a FC PILÂO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felippe de Alcântara helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th minute Téo Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Téo Araújo 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. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Turbonegro walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.