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Estádio Almeirim
Spectators: 6668 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1668, VIP seats: 0) Marcus Souto started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Igor Abreu fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Santos's protests and gave Igor Abreu a yellow card for diving instead. In the 4th minute, Igor Abreu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 7 minutes into the match, Manster Laion's Marcus Souto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hílton Branco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 9th minute, Marquinhos Cearense made a precise shot to the right of Luizinho Pena. Manster Laion's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. A collision led to Santos getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Edson Arantes hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Marquinhos Cearense made a precise shot to the right of Luizinho Pena. Manster Laion's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Vágner Koehler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Luizinho Pena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henrique Fantini's late challenge caught a Santos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Henrique Fantini helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Manster Laion getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Henrique Fantini hit a great ball. Luizinho Pena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marquinhos Cearense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Santos booed when Manster Laion was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henrique Fantini didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cleiton Sá's late challenge caught a Manster Laion's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cleiton Sá helped the player get up and apologised. Cleiton Sá hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. The Manster Laion players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Santos were winning 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vágner Koehler stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Vágner Koehler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luizinho Pena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santos's Edson Arantes shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 55th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Luizinho Pena but with some difficulty. With his leg Luizinho Pena managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when Santos's Marquinhos Cearense fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marquinhos Cearense got free with Luizinho Pena in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vágner Koehler in the 62nd minute of play forced Manster Laion's goalkeeper Luizinho Pena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Vágner Koehler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luizinho Pena was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Marquinhos Cearense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luizinho Pena having to interfere. Luizinho Pena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vágner Koehler in the 71st minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Santos's Luizinho Pena threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vágner Koehler, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Luizinho Pena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiago Gabriel Ceresso in the 78th minute of the match. If Ademar Lira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vágner Koehler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luizinho Pena having to interfere. The Santos players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.