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Allianz Parque
Spectators: 7948 (Terracing: 5962, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Róbson Simões got the match started through his kick off. Takis Koutsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas de Andrade, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Eusébio Lopes was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 4 minutes into the match. In the 5th match minute, The Beatles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusébio Lopes to maneuver through the defense. Zeca Brodel charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zeca Brodel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 30th minute, Reinaldo Trancoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Beatles's Takis Koutsos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto Vale in the 35th minute of play. The Beatles's Róbson Simões got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Umberto Vale to make the kick off. Nicolas de Andrades short, quick shot in the 51stth minute got Takis Koutsos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Carlos Alberto Torres received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Takis Koutsos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Takis Koutsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute, Denis Rondou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raining Blood's Remo Goiano shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 62nd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Takis Koutsos but with some difficulty. André Olsman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doru Lițu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the game, The Beatles's Róbson Simões nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. André Olsman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The Beatles's Frederico Messias was substituted for Hélio Neto. In the 75th minute, Ulisses Gaspar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Beatles made a substitution. Hernani Medeiros replaced Doru Lițu. After 76 played minutes The Beatles got a freekick which was hit by Ulisses Gaspar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeca Brodel in the 79th minute of play forced Raining Blood's goalkeeper André Olsman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Hernani Medeiros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Olsman was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. André Olsman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Róbson Simões in the 92nd minute of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.