League

Duere
Spectators: 6662 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 0) Duere EC's Eliseu Albuquerque 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. Erik Matos charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erik Matos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 6 played minutes São Paulo got a freekick which was hit by Erik Matos. After 11 played minutes Duere EC got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Ceresso. When Olavo Koehler fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Duere EC's protests and gave Olavo Koehler a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of São Paulo booed when Duere EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olavo Koehler didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomé Rosado blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Geovânio Figueiredo having to make a save. When São Paulo's Zé Paulo de Souza in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Duere EC's goalie prevented a goal. Geovânio Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomé Rosado in the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Tomé Rosado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovânio Figueiredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, São Paulo's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseu Albuquerque came free, but Patrick da Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patrick da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseu Albuquerque, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Eliseu Albuquerque managed to get in a good position for a shot. Duere EC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eliseu Albuquerque was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrick da Rocha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomé Rosado to strike the kick off in the second half. Guto Arósio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Patrick da Rocha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guto Arósio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Patrick da Rocha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Guto Arósio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick da Rocha was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Cássio Magalhães's late challenge caught a São Paulo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cássio Magalhães helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd minute, Cássio Magalhães hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, São Paulo's Tomé Rosado dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Tomé Rosado took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Geovânio Figueiredo to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cássio Magalhães in the 80th minute of play forced São Paulo's goalkeeper Patrick da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseu Albuquerque fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick da Rocha having to interfere. Duere EC's Eliseu Albuquerque suffered a sore thigh after 88 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Dida Andrade hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 90th minute of the match Emanuel Ceresso sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Patrick da Rocha skillfully saved the ball. After a rather tough play, São Paulo's Tomé Rosado got a free kick in the 91st minute. Guto Arósio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Patrick da Rocha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.