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Gamer Monumental
Spectators: 6953 (Terracing: 5453, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) Hamílton Couto's late challenge caught a SC. Internacional's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hamílton Couto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Hamílton Couto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of SC. Internacional booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dudu Hoffmann didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristiano Messias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tostão Cearense in the 9th minute of the match. Cristiano Messias made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Wágner Lopes sent off a good shot on target. If Tostão Cearense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jefferson Azevedo charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jefferson Azevedo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 18 played minutes Corinthians got a freekick which was hit by Jefferson Azevedo. 19 minutes into the match, SC. Internacional's Juvenal Freire broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. If Reginaldo Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernardo Torres in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 陈霖骏 saved SC. Internacional from getting behind. After 25 played minutes Corinthians got a freekick which was hit by Jerônimo Prado. Wágner Lopes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Cristiano Messias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tostão Cearense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Messias having to interfere. After 31 played minutes Corinthians got a freekick which was hit by Hamílton Couto. After 34 minutes, Luiz Guilherme Figueiredo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Corinthians and the SC. Internacional players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 33rd minute, one of Corinthians:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Corinthians. Corinthians:s Cristiano Messias showed great skill when he stopped Juvenal Freire:s penalty. After 35 minutes of play, SC. Internacional's Juvenal Freire made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristiano Messias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tostão Cearense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of SC. Internacional booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jefferson Azevedo didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tostão Cearense to strike the kick off in the second half. Tostão Cearense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tostão Cearense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Messias having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in SC. Internacional's zone, Reginaldo Mendonça stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 陈霖骏 came out of the goal and Reginaldo Mendonça tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 63 minutes, Wágner Lopes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC. Internacional's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wágner Lopes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Wágner Lopes struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Cristiano Messias didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC. Internacional. During the 80th minute of the match Jerônimo Prado completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jerônimo Prado a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 81st minute, Jerônimo Prado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juvenal Freire was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 81st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Tostão Cearense came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the SC. Internacional 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 Tostão Cearense couldn't finish the play. Hortêncio Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Messias having to interfere. SC. Internacional walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.