Sociedade 1 - 0 macaca (391554142)

Due to an all-day shower, 30555 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Palestra Arena. Jani Linnanen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peter Pihlin and Joachim Friedrich Roeck. People from all over São Paulo had joined up for the derby. Sociedade decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Kirk Jensen - de Almeida, Demathieu, Karpiuk - Fernán-Gil, Søndberg, Aerenhouts, Péna, Brooks - Mühlheim, Gatzoulas.

macaca started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Conceição - Anghelache, Metterhausen, Kazemian - Dobre, Šuchančok, Citroen, Abal, Renteria - Carabajal, Checchelani.

macaca seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Sociedade were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from R. Mühlheim went into the arms of the keeper. With 39 minutes played R. Mühlheim almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' B. Conceição was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. macaca enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

O. Šuchančok would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Toedtli entered the game for macaca as the match clock showed 52 minutes. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like S. Kazemian. T. Kirk Jensen looked great 65 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' A. Carabajal. 73 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Sociedade was Y. Demathieu. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by macaca, with 58 percent of the ball.

Most important Sociedade player was P. Gatzoulas. T. Kirk Jensen turned in a dismal performance, however. macaca's top performer was clearly A. Citroen. On the other hand, M. Renteria's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.