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Arena Grêmio
Spectators: 7226 (Terracing: 5421, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 143) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wiliam Negri kicked off to start the match. Telmo Baptistas short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Sandrinho Teixeira to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind SER Renascença's goalkeeper Sandrinho Teixeira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Leopoldo Soeiro charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leopoldo Soeiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Leopoldo Soeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Telmo Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cauã de Medeiros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Telmo Baptista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Sandrinho Teixeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Telmo Baptista got free with Sandrinho Teixeira in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paulão Miranda's late challenge caught a Grêmio F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulão Miranda helped the player get up and apologised. Elano Faria took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sandrinho Teixeira. SER Renascença's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Paulão Miranda was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 24 minutes had been played. After 25 played minutes SER Renascença got a freekick which was hit by Paulão Miranda. If Telmo Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Telmo Baptista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Sandrinho Teixeira made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Wiliam Negri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sandrinho Teixeira was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. If Cauã de Medeiros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 36 minutes into the match, SER Renascença's goal looked a bit too open when Wiliam Negri came free, but Sandrinho Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cauã de Medeiros's late challenge caught a Grêmio F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cauã de Medeiros helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SER Renascença getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Cauã de Medeiros hit a great ball. The long shot by Elano Faria in the 39th minute really tested Sandrinho Teixeira's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Delfim Sampaio in the 51st minute of play forced SER Renascença's goalkeeper Sandrinho Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Wiliam Negri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Telmo Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Telmo Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Telmo Baptista managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grêmio F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Telmo Baptista was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sandrinho Teixeira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Grêmio F.C's Wiliam Negri got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to SER Renascença getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Cauã de Medeiros hit a great ball. In the 82ndth minute of the game Telmo Baptista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SER Renascença's Sandrinho Teixeira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cauã de Medeiros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cauã de Medeiros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romeu Pombal having to interfere. Romeu Pombal was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Cauã de Medeiros capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cauã de Medeiros really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiliam Negri in the 95th minute of play forced SER Renascença's goalkeeper Sandrinho Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.