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Willie Davids
Spectators: 7197 (Terracing: 5399, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edvaldo de Azevedo got the match started through his kick off. Tomás Furtado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edvaldo de Azevedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 7 played minutes Grêmio Maringá got a freekick which was hit by Cacá Varela. Rezende's Tomás Furtado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Rezende from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Rezende's Tomás Furtado got control of the ball when Anísio Peres tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Edvaldo de Azevedo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomás Furtado was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Grêmio Maringá's Gilson Campidelis got a free kick in the 21st minute. Tomás Furtado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anísio Peres in the 29th minute. Edvaldo de Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Tomás Furtado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Tomás Furtado managed to avoid a goal in the 32ndth minute, when Grêmio Maringá's Anísio Peres fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Luís Gustavo Araújo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorival Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomás Furtado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edvaldo de Azevedo in the 42nd minute of the match. Tomás Furtado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edvaldo de Azevedo in the 43rd minute of play. A collision led to Rezende getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Antônio Carlos Rosa hit a great ball. Tomás Furtado was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Agnaldo Félix.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alexsandro de Barros to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 67th minute, Adhemar de Mendonça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grêmio Maringá's Agnaldo Félix got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edvaldo de Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Furtado having to interfere. Alexsandro de Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Gustavo Araújo having to interfere. Luís Gustavo Araújo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dorival Cunha in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexsandro de Barros in the 88th minute of play forced Grêmio Maringá's goalkeeper Luís Gustavo Araújo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Gustavo Araújo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dorival Cunha in the 92nd minute. Gilson Campidelis's late challenge caught a Rezende's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gilson Campidelis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Grêmio Maringá's Gilson Campidelis got a free kick in the 94th minute. Cacá Varela hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.