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Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Corinthians's Luís Linares started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Wágner Freire could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tomás Leão made a huge save. Wágner Freire's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tomás Leão read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Tomás Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Linares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomás Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Linares in the 15th minute of the match. Luís Linares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Leão having to interfere. Cipriano Almeida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Zé Roberto Valle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Linares in the 33rd minute of play forced Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's goalkeeper Tomás Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomás Leão was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Luís Linares capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luís Linares really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Cipriano Almeida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Zé Roberto Valle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cipriano Almeida was the one to do the kick off. Tomás Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Linares in the 52nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Corinthians's zone, Nestor Baiano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zé Roberto Valle came out of the goal and Nestor Baiano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Cipriano Almeida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zé Roberto Valle was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. 70 minutes into the match, Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's Nestor Baiano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zé Roberto Valle narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Corinthians's Vivaldo Magalhães got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute, Nestor Baiano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Assoc Atlética Epitaciana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Nestor Baiano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nestor Baiano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Zé Roberto Valle made a huge save. Cipriano Almeida's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zé Roberto Valle read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Tomás Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wágner Freire, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's Marcinho do Nascimento got a free kick in the 84th minute. After 88 minutes of play, Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's Nestor Baiano made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zé Roberto Valle was left in no man's land by his defense there! Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.