League

Arena Jatobá
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5738, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arnaldo Naldo took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Trahira FC's zone, Staffan Nyberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xavier Verhaeghen came out of the goal and Staffan Nyberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 5th minute, Arnaldo Naldo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Trahira FC's goalkeeper Xavier Verhaeghen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arnaldo Naldo in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xavier Verhaeghen saved Trahira FC from getting behind. 17 minutes into the game, Arnaldo Naldo lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Xavier Verhaeghen. The supporters of Trahira FC booed when Canastro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reynaldo Paraibano didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot 23 in the game by Mariusz Chazen from a close distance when the talented Xavier Verhaeghen managed to make a qualified save. Trahira FC's players were relieved. A hard shot 27 in the game by Mariusz Chazen from a close distance when the talented Xavier Verhaeghen managed to make a qualified save. Trahira FC's players were relieved. Canastro FC's attentive Vivaldo Sampaio managed to snatch the ball when Diguinho Amorim made a throw-in in the 29th minute of the game. Diguinho Amorim made in the 30th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Canastro FC's Vivaldo Sampaio. Canastro FC's Enrico Longo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Fidele in the 38th minute of play. Enrico Longo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo Fidele went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 48th minute of the match Canastro FC got a corner. Trahira FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Staffan Nyberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Staffan Nyberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Xavier Verhaeghen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gustavo Fidele made a kick off. If Mariusz Chazen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Trahira FC's Xavier Verhaeghen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariusz Chazen in the 53rd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Trahira FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mariusz Chazen came free, but Xavier Verhaeghen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Mariusz Chazen put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Xavier Verhaeghen. 67 minutes into the match, Mariusz Chazen notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Trahira FC's Xavier Verhaeghen. Xavier Verhaeghen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Xavier Verhaeghen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnaldo Naldo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Mariusz Chazen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xavier Verhaeghen was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. In the 75th minute of the match Canastro FC got a corner. Trahira FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Staffan Nyberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. Canastro FC's Mariusz Chazen got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Xavier Verhaeghen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariusz Chazen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariusz Chazen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xavier Verhaeghen having to make a save. Arnaldo Naldo scored 4-1 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xavier Verhaeghen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Trahira FC's Xavier Verhaeghen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariusz Chazen in the 93rd minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Canastro FC had played much better football throughout.