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ARENA GRÊMIO
Spectators: 7993 (Terracing: 5996, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) Lucjan Setara hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The supporters of AFC - Curitiba booed when GRÊMIO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arti Lerø didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fausto da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Saravakos in the 11th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Lucjan Setara managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC - Curitiba's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucjan Setara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Frank Tepedino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fausto da Rocha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Saravakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute Dimitris Saravakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto da Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AFC - Curitiba's Fausto da Rocha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 魏宽银 in the 19th minute of play. Luiz Fábio Borges hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Fausto da Rocha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Saravakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 29 played minutes GRÊMIO got a freekick which was hit by Arti Lerø. GRÊMIO's Frank Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by August Wahlnäs in the 30th minute of play. Rey Pelé kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Arti Lerø put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Fausto da Rocha. After 36 played minutes AFC - Curitiba got a freekick which was hit by Wanderson Oliveira. In the 39th match minute, GRÊMIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emílio Lopez to maneuver through the defense. GRÊMIO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arti Lerø in the 44th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Ronaldo Fenomeno heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

AFC - Curitiba made a substitution. Romário Ortiz replaced Zhang Yin Si. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rey Pelé to make the kick off. The supporters of GRÊMIO booed when AFC - Curitiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matouš Carda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romário Ortiz kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Frank Tepedino was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Romário Ortiz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Romário Ortiz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Frank Tepedino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sidnei Alvarenga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Tepedino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from August Wahlnäs, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. If Sidnei Alvarenga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. AFC - Curitiba's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Silvio Asier in the 78th minute. A well done corner resulted in Matouš Carda drilling the ball in to score 1-2 behind GRÊMIO's goalkeeper. After a rather tough play, AFC - Curitiba's Luiz Fábio Borges got a free kick in the 84th minute. 88 minutes into the match, 魏宽银 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fausto da Rocha. AFC - Curitiba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 魏宽银 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. GRÊMIO's Frank Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Bykowski in the 95th minute of play. GRÊMIO were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.