tricolor 2 - 1 Estufa^Garoto (391543602)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 48647 at Leonidas da Silva (Panela de Pressão) today. Heiko Sleking was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Don Reerink and Peter Åkerbo. People from all over São Paulo had joined up for the derby. tricolor decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. They fielded: Harsch - Lima Silva, Simões - Nanico, Lenharo, Kamphuis, Assumpção, Fieber - Matarangolo, Amadei, Grosso.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Estufa^Garoto. The following players took the field: Bourgeois - van Campen, Okétola, Sakaev - Søla, Campan, Clausen, Hagberg, Kainth - Arenile, Hasefe.

After 6 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Estufa^Garoto was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Some great play up the middle by tricolor led to a chance for C. Grosso to score after 11 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 14 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for tricolor to take the lead after a good cross from the right found Z. Nanico alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. The terraces were silenced after 20 minutes when Estufa^Garoto's B. Campan put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. tricolor claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

The coach of Estufa^Garoto was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, B. Helmink came on for T. Kainth. After 51 minutes of play, S. Kamphuis evened things up for tricolor with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, F. Lima Silva got himself booked. The manager of tricolor was not happy. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 74 minutes, but I. Harsch made a beautiful one-handed save. After 81 minutes, F. Lima Silva came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving tricolor the lead. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by tricolor, with 51 percent of the ball.

tricolor's best player was G. Amadei. I. Harsch on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Estufa^Garoto player was without a doubt O. Okétola. On the other hand, B. Clausen's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.