League

Merguinhos
Spectators: 6663 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 0) Manuel Loureiro made the kick off and thus started the match. Aldo Baía, 6 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Rodrigo Jesus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorge Laureano, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Amílcar Neves got free with Adalberto Alves in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eduardo Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adalberto Alves having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Manuel Loureiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SL FOFIA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. SL FOFIA's Adalberto Alves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save SL FOFIA from getting a goal against them. Adalberto Alves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eduardo Amorim's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. SL FOFIA's Adalberto Alves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save SL FOFIA from getting a goal against them. Eduardo Amorim's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adalberto Alves read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Manuel Loureiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rodrigo Jesus. SC Merguinhos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Manuel Loureiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Adalberto Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduardo Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristóvão Paredes during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cristóvão Paredes hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Jorge Laureano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 49th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eduardo Amorim was the one to do the kick off. Adalberto Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Amorim in the 54th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SC Merguinhos's Daniel Brás got a free kick in the 57th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Manuel Loureiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. SL FOFIA's supporters rose to their feet, but Manuel Loureiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rodrigo Jesus breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eduardo Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adalberto Alves having to interfere. Jorge Laureano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodrigo Jesus having to interfere. Cristóvão Paredes hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Adalberto Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Amorim in the 81st minute of the match. If Amílcar Neves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rodrigo Jesus made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Laureano in the 88th minute. Amílcar Neves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adalberto Alves having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched SL FOFIA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.