League

Barrum Stadium
Spectators: 6601 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 5 minutes, Patrick Saraiva mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the EB F.C and the Royal Knights FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Patrick Saraiva kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. It was beautiful to see Royal Knights FC's Douglas Rosado in action when he in the 6th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Luís Fernandes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th match minute, Royal Knights FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonsinho Matos to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, Royal Knights FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jesus Libertad came free, but Dé Ortiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dé Ortiz made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Vito de Sousa sent off a good shot on target. Royal Knights FC's Dé Ortiz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Royal Knights FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Jesus Libertad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dé Ortiz was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Robinho Mota hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. EB F.C's Jesus Libertad got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 31st minute, Jano Rosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fernandes in the 38th minute of play forced EB F.C's goalkeeper Ludomir Dembkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ludomir Dembkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonsinho Matos, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. EB F.C's Ludomir Dembkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Fernandes in the 44th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vito de Sousa to make the kick off. Douglas Rosado made in the 52nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Luís Fernandes immediately put the ball in play. EB F.C's Ludomir Dembkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Fernandes in the 58th minute of play. During the 59th minute of the match Robinho Mota completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Robinho Mota a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Royal Knights FC's Robinho Mota got a free kick in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Royal Knights FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jesus Libertad came free, but Dé Ortiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 64th minute of the game was made by Válbson Leal with Wilson Silveira as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After having played for 75 minutes, Geovânio Cardozo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Royal Knights FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Geovânio Cardozo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When EB F.C's Jesus Libertad in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Royal Knights FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 82 played minutes EB F.C got a freekick which was hit by Kaká Bezerra. Carlos Eduardo Carioca hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Ludomir Dembkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fernandes in the 91st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kaká Bezerra during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 93 played minutes EB F.C got a freekick which was hit by Kaká Bezerra. Dé Ortiz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesus Libertad in the 96th minute of the match. EB F.C succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Royal Knights FC had controlled the match.