Gavião 0 - 7 Assassinos (222771349)

7843 punters turned up at Gavião da Fiel Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Larry Connelly was the appointed referee with assistance provided by James Sutherland and Leonid Tregubov. Gavião started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Silva - Rußhütte, da Matta, Barbosa Jr., Chachinhos - de Camargo, Turini, de Bertole, Pelegrino - de Alcântara, dos Reis.

Assassinos started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Solano - Câmara, Bertoux, Aartse - Saldaña, Fafalas, Gnos, El-Badey, Sangiorgi - Pritchard, Carré.

With 10 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. M. Sangiorgi put the ball away for 0 - 1. M. da Matta of Gavião received a yellow card after 30 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 40 minutes played, Assassinos put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was L. Gnos. 41 minutes in, Assassinos's D. Aartse received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 42 minutes played, Assassinos put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Sangiorgi. After this, you could see that the players of Assassinos were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 43 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Sangiorgi of Assassinos to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. At that, M. Sangiorgi was noted down for a hat trick! It was 0 - 4 at the break. Assassinos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

After 69 minutes, Assassinos's L. Bertoux burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. With 75 minutes played, Assassinos put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was F. Pritchard. With 82 minutes played, Assassinos put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. El-Badey. Assassinos were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 84 minutes, but M. Sangiorgi lofted a free kick over the crossbar. The home crowd cheered when, after 85 minutes, M. Sangiorgi's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Assassinos had most of the ball, with 80 percent of possession.

Gavião's best player was H. de Camargo. D. Silva was a disappointment, however. Assassinos's best player was Y. Fafalas. On the other hand, R. Solano's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.