League

Karavelão
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Guto Rosado made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Karavela getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Sílvio Luís Barral hit a great ball. Denílson Catarinense took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laércio Cardozo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruy Quirino's late challenge caught a XV de Piracicaba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ruy Quirino helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th minute, Ruy Quirino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denílson Catarinense didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Laércio Cardozo went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When Clóvis Bezerra fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored XV de Piracicaba's protests and gave Clóvis Bezerra a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Karavela booed when XV de Piracicaba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clóvis Bezerra didn't get a good kick on the ball. Laércio Cardozo charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Laércio Cardozo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Laércio Cardozo kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guto Rosado got free with Fernando Quintal in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Guto Rosado kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fernando Quintal. That made the score 1-1 in the 30 minute of play. Denílson Catarinense stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Laércio Cardozo's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the match, XV de Piracicaba's goal looked a bit too open when Guto Rosado came free, but Fernando Quintal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gláuber da Silveira was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 42 minutes had been played. In the 43rd match minute, Karavela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gláuber da Silveira to maneuver through the defense. Dino Saldanha hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nando Gerber was the one to do the kick off. Denílson Catarinense was out of position in the 51 minute of play, and Laércio Cardozo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Laércio Cardozo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Manuel Tavares hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. XV de Piracicaba's Nando Gerber shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 55th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Denílson Catarinense but with some difficulty. Denílson Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Augusto de Souza in the 64th minute of the match. Denílson Catarinense made an important save on a dangerous shot by Laércio Cardozo in the 67th minute. The supporters of XV de Piracicaba booed when Karavela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruy Quirino didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th play minute Laércio Cardozo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Denílson Catarinense. 1-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Laércio Cardozo got free with Denílson Catarinense in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Denílson Catarinense made an important save on a dangerous shot by Laércio Cardozo in the 87th minute. After 87 played minutes Laércio Cardozo could catch the ball where he stood relatively free a bit outside the goal and without hesitation he completed 1-5 into the left cross. Denílson Catarinense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nando Gerber, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Dino Saldanha kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute Nando Gerber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denílson Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Karavela supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching XV de Piracicaba's performance. The match ended with a win for XV de Piracicaba.