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Estádio Carara
Spectators: 7046 (Terracing: 5393, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Guto Britto kicked off to start the match. Luiz Gustavo Motta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jarbas Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Burro da Central booed when Boston Garden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jerônimo Barros didn't get a good kick on the ball. João Augusto Terra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Boston Garden's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Narciso Garcia in the 19th minute. If João Augusto Terra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guto Britto in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robinho Penha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Boston Garden getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Narciso Garcia hit a great ball. Virgílio Nascimento was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 26th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Edmílson Meireles hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Robinho Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guto Britto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Faustão Branco hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Robinho Penha was a little too slow when Guto Britto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 1-0. João Augusto Terra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Guto Britto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luiz Gustavo Motta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. From close distance Andrézinho Berger pressed in the 1-1 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 54 minutes into the game. João Vítor Lima's late challenge caught a Boston Garden's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. João Vítor Lima helped the player get up and apologised. Guto Britto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Robinho Penha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Robinho Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guto Britto in the 67th minute of the match. João Augusto Terra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If João Augusto Terra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 77 minutes into the match, Boston Garden's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Gustavo Motta came free, but Jarbas Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If João Augusto Terra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robinho Penha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Augusto Terra, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Guto Britto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Boston Garden's Jarbas Branco got control of the ball when Andrézinho Berger tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andrézinho Berger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Jarbas Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 94 minutes, Edmílson Meireles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Boston Garden and the Burro da Central players grew even worse after the yellow card. Edmílson Meireles kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Andrézinho Berger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarbas Branco having to interfere. Burro da Central succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Boston Garden had controlled the match.