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Arena do Grêmio
Spectators: 7223 (Terracing: 5419, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Grêmio MZF's Abelardo Vieira 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. Abelardo Vieira charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abelardo Vieira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th minute, Abelardo Vieira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Abelardo Vieira came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Grêmio MZF fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abelardo Vieira couldn't finish the play. 10 minutes into the game, Grêmio MZF's Jairo Barreto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geovanni Alves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Caco Lago's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Soares was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Jairo Barreto sped through Barcelona FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Geovanni Alves. Jairo Barreto kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Nico Barral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Nicolas Soares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th minute, Caco Lago ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicolas Soares was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Caco Lago was the one to do the kick off. Nico Barral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 65th minute, José Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abelardo Vieira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovanni Alves having to interfere. Nico Barral struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Nicolas Soares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Barcelona FC. Jairo Barreto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Geovanni Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jairo Barreto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Geovanni Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abelardo Vieira might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Geovanni Alves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abelardo Vieira ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 92nd minute, Jairo Barreto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Grêmio MZF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Grêmio MZF's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.