Pinheiros 2 - 0 Hurt (391559292)

Dark skies made the crowd of 8246 at Liberdade a little nervous, but the rain held off. Thord Tullén was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Javier Oriol and Jörg Hüxterdamm. Pinheiros decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Queirós - Trichoglou, Camburi, Waluda, Baldner - Ovelha, Pepe, Kamenyuka, Di Marco - Gaúcho, Cicantino.

Hurt had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Mota Souza - Mota Santos, Bianchini, Stengaard, Glavan - Llau, Kühl, Freire Lins, Rolandsson - Carvalhães, Eylon.

1 minutes into the game, Hurt wanted to bring some new energy to their game. S. Rolandsson gave C. Correia a quick hug as he left the field. Many thought Y. Trichoglou ought to have been awarded a penalty 29 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around C. Mota Souza after a determined run through the middle. After 34 minutes of play, J. Camburi gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Pinheiros, with 64 percent of the ball.

With 47 minutes played, Pinheiros's V. Kamenyuka almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. H. Gaúcho should probably have put his team up another goal after 52 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by C. Mota Souza kept the visitors in the game. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Hurt's J. Kühl was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. 徹. 近藤 (Kondo) was given a chance to change things around. It might be a while before the fans see Pinheiros's D. Queirós again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 67 minute mark. He was replaced by J. Paraguaçu. With 70 minutes played, the Hurt coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Figueiras came on, J. Freire Lins had to leave the fray. A. Baldner struck a 30 metre free kick home 80 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. Possession in this half belonged to Pinheiros, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

Most important Pinheiros player was V. Pepe. On the other hand, J. Paraguaçu's play was disheartening. Hurt's top performer was clearly C. Eylon. However, R. Glavan made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.