League

Esperança Park
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luís de Moraes got the match started through his kick off. Luís de Moraes might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sílvio Luiz Santana. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luís de Moraes ran back to his position shaking his head. Luís de Moraess short, quick shot in the 10thth minute got Sílvio Luiz Santana to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 12 minutes into the game, Luís de Moraes lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Sílvio Luiz Santana. Luís de Moraes succeeded in the game's 21st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luís de Moraes got free with Sílvio Luiz Santana in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sílvio Luiz Santana was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Luís de Moraes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 29 minute of play. With a little luck, Lisieh's Sílvio Luiz Santana got control of the ball when Luís de Moraes tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gláuber Vaz in the 45th minute of play forced Esperança FC's goalkeeper Fabiano Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute, Luís de Moraes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sílvio Luiz Santana. The goal made the score 5-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gláuber Vaz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sílvio Luiz Santana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adilson de Alcântara in the 53rd minute of the match. After 63 played minutes Lisieh got a freekick which was hit by Zé Paulo Bittencourt. After a rather tough play, Esperança FC's Stig Billvall got a free kick in the 66th minute. Adilson de Alcântara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Sílvio Luiz Santana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd match minute, Lisieh was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandrinho Travassos to maneuver through the defense. Cacá Vieira hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Lisieh's Sílvio Luiz Santana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís de Moraes in the 87th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luís de Moraes in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sílvio Luiz Santana prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sílvio Luiz Santana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Luís de Moraes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esperança FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Luís de Moraes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sílvio Luiz Santana breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fabiano Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gláuber Vaz in the 93rd minute of play. Esperança FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.