Friendly League

Beira Rio
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Conrado Rocha started the match with the kick off. Víktor Antunes kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Jacinto Aparecido made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Couto in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th match minute, Santos da Bahia Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valdemar Pena to maneuver through the defense. Serginho Arantes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Jacinto Aparecido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Clemente Carioca hit a great ball. If Sílvio Luís Trigo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 26 played minutes INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Couto. Júlio Mello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Paulo Teixeira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Júlio Mello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdemar Pena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 45 minutes into the game, when Dinei Lara put in a rough tackle. A collision led to Santos da Bahia Fc getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Dinei Lara hit a great ball. In the 46th minute, Adrianinho Abraão got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adilson Mazza to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Couto in the 53rd minute of play forced Santos da Bahia Fc's goalkeeper Jacinto Aparecido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the match, Diego Couto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacinto Aparecido. Santos da Bahia Fc's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diego Couto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 58th match minute, Santos da Bahia Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Paulo Teixeira to maneuver through the defense. Diego Couto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 74th minute Conrado Rocha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Aparecido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Júlio Mello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Víktor Antunes in the 75th minute of play. When Conrado Rocha fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's protests and gave Conrado Rocha a yellow card for diving instead. When Valdemar Pena came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Santos da Bahia Fc 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 Valdemar Pena couldn't finish the play. Serginho Arantes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacinto Aparecido having to interfere. Jacinto Aparecido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Couto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA were the better team. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.