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Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 5315 (Terracing: 4100, Seating: 1200, VIP seats: 15) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fábio Velloso made the kick off which started today's match. The throw-in from Baltazar Montenegro in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Corinthians's Adriano Goiano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Célio Nascimento in the 15th minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Giovani de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Baltazar Montenegro in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Corinthians's Adriano Goiano. Fellipe Senna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diogo Baptista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Angelo Oliveira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fellipe Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tião Guimarães in the 25th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Fábio Velloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giovani de Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Bittersweet's goal looked a bit too open when Tião Guimarães came free, but Fellipe Senna reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Fiori Moura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luiz Paulo Barreto charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Paulo Barreto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Giovani de Azevedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fábio Velloso went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With his leg Fellipe Senna managed to avoid a goal in the 48thth minute, when Corinthians's Diogo Baptista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Diogo Baptista to make the kick off. Corinthians's Adriano Goiano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Baltazar Montenegro, made in the 54th minute of the game. Fábio Velloso's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Giovani de Azevedo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Giovani de Azevedo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Célio Nascimento showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 60 minute of play. When Corinthians's Diogo Baptista in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bittersweet's goalie prevented a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Fábio Velloso kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Giovani de Azevedo. That made the score 0-3 in the 74 minute of play. 78 minutes into the game, Bittersweet's Fábio Velloso nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Giovani de Azevedo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Fábio Velloso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Giovani de Azevedo made a huge save. Fellipe Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diogo Baptista in the 88th minute of the match. After 90 minutes, Diogo Baptista mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Corinthians and the Bittersweet players grew even worse after the yellow card. Baltazar Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Bittersweet eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.