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Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zé Paulo Pombal kicked off to start the match. After some careless play in the XV de Piracicaba defense, Zé Leal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Quintal. The XV de Piracicaba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Quintal should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Paulo Pombal in the 6th minute of play forced XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Fernando Quintal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Leal scored 0-2 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fernando Quintal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, XV de Piracicaba's Laércio Cardozo got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute Zé Paulo Pombal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Quintal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Augusto de Souza during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 16th minute, João Augusto de Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Oséas Tasso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cruzeiro RS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Tiago Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fernando Quintal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Paulo Pombal, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Fernando Quintal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo Pombal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes into the match, Zé Paulo Pombal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fernando Quintal. XV de Piracicaba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zé Paulo Pombal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nando Gerber got free with Eguen Armesto in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fernando Quintal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo Pombal in the 30th minute of the match. Zé Leal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Quintal having to interfere. In the 36th minute Zé Paulo Pombal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Quintal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Zé Paulo Pombal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fernando Quintal. XV de Piracicaba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zé Paulo Pombal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. 41 minutes into the game, Sílvio Lucas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Fernando Quintal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nando Gerber was the one to do the kick off. Fernando Quintal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zé Paulo Pombal's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. In the 52nd minute, Oséas Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Esteves in the 57th minute of play forced XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Fernando Quintal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. XV de Piracicaba's Fernando Quintal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save XV de Piracicaba from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 62 minutes, Fernando Quintal successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Esteves in the 64th minute of play forced XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Fernando Quintal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernando Quintal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zé Paulo Pombal went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the XV de Piracicaba defense, João Augusto Vides kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Quintal. The XV de Piracicaba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Quintal should have stopped the shot. Zé Leal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Fernando Quintal made a huge save. 73 minutes into the match, XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Fernando Quintal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zé Leal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zé Paulo Pombal in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fernando Quintal saved XV de Piracicaba from getting behind. After 75 minutes of play, Cruzeiro RS's Zé Leal made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Quintal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cruzeiro RS's Fred de Barros was substituted for Sílvio Lucas. Oséas Tasso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fernando Quintal came out and tried to block the shot, but Oséas Tasso slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 81st minute. After some careless play in the XV de Piracicaba defense, Fred de Barros kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Quintal. The XV de Piracicaba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Quintal should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Oséas Tasso in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fernando Quintal saved XV de Piracicaba from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Laércio Cardozo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eguen Armesto was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Nando Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dráuzio Figueiredo's late challenge caught a XV de Piracicaba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dráuzio Figueiredo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Cruzeiro RS getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Dráuzio Figueiredo hit a great ball.