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Arena Fonte Nova
Spectators: 7797 (Terracing: 5849, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) Eulalio Calixto made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Esporte Club Bahia's goal looked a bit too open when Eulalio Calixto came free, but Jefferson Prado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute of the match AMÉRICA F.C. got a corner. Esporte Club Bahia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eulalio Calixto ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 4th minute, Michael Ballack hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to AMÉRICA F.C. getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Silvinho Pinheiro hit a great ball. Augusto Carneiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wieslaw Petka in the 13th minute. AMÉRICA F.C.'s Augusto Carneiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wieslaw Petka in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Leonard Setara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jefferson Prado was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Jefferson Prado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Setara in the 22nd minute of play. Esporte Club Bahia's Jefferson Prado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvinho Pinheiro in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to Esporte Club Bahia getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Bernardinho Pires hit a great ball. Lauro Carneiro scored 1-2 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto Carneiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, AMÉRICA F.C.'s Buğra Muslera got a free kick in the 39th minute. Esporte Club Bahia's Jefferson Prado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eulalio Calixto in the 48th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wieslaw Petka made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvinho Pinheiro got free with Jefferson Prado in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The corner ended in Moisés Camargo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Esporte Club Bahia's Jefferson Prado did a great save. 58 minutes into the match, Silvinho Pinheiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jefferson Prado. Esporte Club Bahia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Silvinho Pinheiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The AMÉRICA F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when AMÉRICA F.C.'s Silvinho Pinheiro looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Eulalio Calixto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Moisés Camargo took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jefferson Prado. Jefferson Prado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Esporte Club Bahia made a substitution. Nilson de Amaral replaced Gernando Moreira. A collision led to AMÉRICA F.C. getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Moisés Camargo hit a great ball. Esporte Club Bahia made a substitution. Victor Maranhense replaced Jean Sampaio. A collision led to AMÉRICA F.C. getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Moisés Camargo hit a great ball. After 78 minutes Esporte Club Bahia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eulalio Calixto who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on AMÉRICA F.C.'s corner Moisés Camargo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jefferson Prado quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of AMÉRICA F.C. booed when Esporte Club Bahia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lauro Carneiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd match minute, Esporte Club Bahia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardinho Pires to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, AMÉRICA F.C.'s Moisés Camargo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. Jefferson Prado was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eulalio Calixto showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-7 in the 88 minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Leonard Setara got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Leonard Setara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jefferson Prado was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. Eulalio Calixto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AMÉRICA F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.