between the soccer match and the debate made it clear which is the preference of Brazilians just two months before the election. The press also said the debate was "boring", "predictable", "tepid", and "bland". Arruda, which jokingly attacked Serra during the debate, accusing him of being a hypochondriac for polarizing public health in his speech, was the number one trending topic on Twitter after the debate aired. The second debate The second debate was held on September 8, at 11 PM UTC-3, and it was sponsored by TV Gazeta and O Estado de S. Paulo. All candidates were invited to participate, but Dilma Rousseff did not attend. She claimed that her schedule was already full – she attended a Workers' Party rally in her native Minas Gerais. The debate was moderated by TV Gazeta's anchorwoman Maria Lydia Flandoli. Dilma's absence was the high point of the night, with both José Serra and Plínio de Arruda Sampaio harshly criticizing her for not attending. Sampaio made the most striking comment against her, saying that "[Dilma] is a bluff. She was invented. She is advocating wandering politics". Serra said that Dilma refused to attend because she has a "difficulty in explaining what she thinks". Marina Silva also criticized the Workers' Party presidential candidate absence. According to guidelines previously established by representatives of PSDB, PV and PSOL, Dilma's podium was left alone in the stage. Serra mistakenly stayed at the podium for a while upon his arrival. In addition to the absence of the leading candidate, the other topic which dominated the debate was the disclosure of tax data of members of Serra's party (including of his daughter Verônica) by employees of the Bureau of Revenue, which Serra had attributed to Dilma's campaign. Silva criticized Guido Mantega's response and said that, if elected, she would take "all measures so that this outrage does not happen". Serra once again blamed "Dilma's Workers' Party" for the disclosure of the data. Reaction TV Gazeta is a minor television network, and is not available on all major Brazilian cities. Therefore, the second debate had less impact on the public than the first one. According to Ibope, it was watched by 76,000 people in the Greater São Paulo, which corresponded to about 1% of the viewers. Dilma's absence also contributed to the lack of interest in this debate, once she is the leading candidate in all polls. As a