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Estádio Galvao
Spectators: 6649 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dinei Eger took the kick off in the first half of the match. Leopoldo Lira's late challenge caught a HOPE FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leopoldo Lira helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th match minute, HOPE FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermínio Freire to maneuver through the defense. Frank Penha didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Murillo Salgado went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 22 minutes into the game, Fábio Amaral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SOLANO STAR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave HOPE FC the free kick. After some careless play in the SOLANO STAR defense, Dinei Eger kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Telmo Gerber. The SOLANO STAR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Telmo Gerber should have stopped the shot. Frank Penha made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Murillo Salgado sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Hermínio Capixaba managed to get in a good position for a shot. HOPE FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hermínio Capixaba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Telmo Gerber breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Hermínio Capixaba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Telmo Gerber tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dinei Eger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Telmo Gerber having to interfere. In the 57th minute Murillo Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Dinei Eger 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. In the 66th minute, Conrado Paraíba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 72 minutes of play, SOLANO STAR's Murillo Salgado made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frank Penha was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 85 played minutes SOLANO STAR got a freekick which was hit by Fábio Amaral. 88 minutes into the match, SOLANO STAR's goal looked a bit too open when Dinei Eger came free, but Telmo Gerber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, SOLANO STAR's goalkeeper Telmo Gerber had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hermínio Capixaba. 93 minutes into the match, SOLANO STAR's goalkeeper Telmo Gerber had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hermínio Capixaba. SOLANO STAR's Telmo Gerber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinei Eger in the 96th minute of play.