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Willie Davids
Spectators: 7230 (Terracing: 5424, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) Zé Pedro Sena made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Grêmio Maringá getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Tiago Gabriel Donato hit a great ball. Egídio Sampaio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júlio Romero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. André Luís Dantas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th match minute, Santa Brahma S. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Donatello to maneuver through the defense. Santa Brahma S. C.'s Jorginho Mazza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Santa Brahma S. C. from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Santa Brahma S. C. getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Egídio Sampaio hit a great ball. Ismael de Senna struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Jorginho Mazza didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Grêmio Maringá. Jorginho Mazza acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 34th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fausto Corrêa. In the 35th minute, Ismael de Senna fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Ismael de Senna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jorginho Mazza having to make a save. If Egídio Sampaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Júlio Romero made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fausto Corrêa during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 52nd minute, Fausto Corrêa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zé Pedro Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jorginho Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ismael de Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ismael de Senna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Jorginho Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 1-0 became the score in the 78th minute when Zé Pedro Sena elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. André Luís Dantas made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Egídio Sampaio sent off a good shot on target. Júlio Romero 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. Egídio Sampaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Luís Dantas having to interfere. Egídio Sampaio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but André Luís Dantas made a huge save. 94 minutes into the match, Santa Brahma S. C.'s Egídio Sampaio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that André Luís Dantas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, Júlio Romero dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of André Luís Dantas, 1-1. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.