Friendly League

IpiráCity Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dorival Passos took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fabinho Sá took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarcisio Ramos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, POPULAR F.C's goalkeeper Fabinho Sá had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Breno da Cunha. The audience was convinced that Carlos Fernando Medeiros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabinho Sá was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Thiago Correia took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Fabinho Sá to make any attempt to save it. 16 minutes into the game, Igor Moura was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. POPULAR F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ the free kick. In the 16th match minute, POPULAR F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Moura to maneuver through the defense. Fabinho Sá took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thiago Correia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabinho Sá took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Breno da Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute, IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s Breno da Cunha dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. After a rather tough play, IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s Carlos Fernando Medeiros got a free kick in the 28th minute. Bruninho Perez kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s zone, Dorival Passos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zé Carlos Castro came out of the goal and Dorival Passos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32nd minute, Breno da Cunha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Fabinho Sá didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Breno da Cunha went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Fabinho Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charles Pereira in the 42nd minute of the match. After 44 played minutes IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Fernando Medeiros. After 45 minutes of play IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s Carlos Fernando Medeiros was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Carlos Fernando Medeiros hit a great ball. IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s Zé Carlos Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Luís Bertassi in the 47th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thiago Correia was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Breno da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabinho Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s goalkeeper Zé Carlos Castro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dorival Passos. Umberto Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Umberto Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oscar Custódio during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 63 played minutes POPULAR F.C got a freekick which was hit by Oscar Custódio. The referee felt a red card was in order, 70 minutes into the game, when Bruninho Perez put in a rough tackle. After 70 played minutes IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ got a freekick which was hit by Bruninho Perez. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Dorival Passos managed to get in a good position for a shot. POPULAR F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Dorival Passos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zé Carlos Castro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tarcisio Ramos took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabinho Sá. Fabinho Sá dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡'s Zé Carlos Castro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ from getting a goal against them. Thiago Correia kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, POPULAR F.C's Gilberto Mello dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-1. When the referee ended the match the IpiráCity FC ✠⚓♡ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.