Friendly League

Luso Brasileiro
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Igor de Amorim started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Betinho de Almeida put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Luís Fábio Bittencourt. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ricardo Lucas during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of PORTUGUESA-RJ booed when Estrela Solitária was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Lucas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 11 played minutes Estrela Solitária got a freekick which was hit by Júnior Couto. In the 12th minute, Rafael Ramos sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Estrela Solitária's Silas Bastos didn't even have to move. Nando Coutinho hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. 16 minutes into the match, PORTUGUESA-RJ's goal looked a bit too open when Igor de Amorim came free, but Luís Fábio Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor de Amorim scored 0-2 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luís Fábio Bittencourt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. PORTUGUESA-RJ's Luís Fábio Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor de Amorim in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Ramos in the 26th minute of play forced Estrela Solitária's goalkeeper Silas Bastos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Igor de Amorim in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luís Fábio Bittencourt saved PORTUGUESA-RJ from getting behind. 34 minutes into the match, PORTUGUESA-RJ's goal looked a bit too open when Betinho de Almeida came free, but Luís Fábio Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the PORTUGUESA-RJ defense, Igor de Amorim kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Fábio Bittencourt. The PORTUGUESA-RJ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Fábio Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. Betinho de Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Cesinha Medeiros came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Estrela Solitária fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cesinha Medeiros couldn't finish the play. 41 minutes into the game, Estrela Solitária's Igor de Amorim nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luís Fábio Bittencourt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Luís Fábio Bittencourt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor de Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After some careless play in the PORTUGUESA-RJ defense, Betinho de Almeida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Fábio Bittencourt. The PORTUGUESA-RJ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Fábio Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Cleiton Freire kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. When Estrela Solitária's Igor de Amorim in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PORTUGUESA-RJ's goalie prevented a goal. Igor de Amorim's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 58thth minute, Luís Fábio Bittencourt skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Luís Fábio Bittencourt managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when Estrela Solitária's Igor de Amorim fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Betinho de Almeida hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Igor de Amorim who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 63rdth minute tested the skills of Luís Fábio Bittencourt when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor de Amorim in the 66th minute of play forced PORTUGUESA-RJ's goalkeeper Luís Fábio Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Cesinha Medeiros reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luís Fábio Bittencourt. The goal made the score 0-6. Igor de Amorim could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Luís Fábio Bittencourt made a huge save. Erivaldo Magalhães's late challenge caught a Estrela Solitária's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erivaldo Magalhães helped the player get up and apologised. After 73 played minutes PORTUGUESA-RJ got a freekick which was hit by Erivaldo Magalhães. Luís Fábio Bittencourt didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Estrela Solitária's Cesinha Medeiros shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-7 in the ordered_time% minute. If Betinho de Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luís Fábio Bittencourt was a little too slow when Igor de Amorim got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 0-8. In the 86th minute, Rafael Ramos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Fábio Bittencourt was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Igor de Amorim showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 91 minute of play. Júnior Couto kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Estrela Solitária's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.