League

Espinhal
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Gwidon Dankowski made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of Espinhal booed when Fluminense Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arlindo Andrade didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 4th minute, Belmiro Pontes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Agostinho Peres kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. The supporters of Fluminense Football Club booed when Espinhal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronaldinho Azevedo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arlindo Andrade in the 11th minute of play forced Espinhal's goalkeeper César Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 13 played minutes Espinhal got a freekick which was hit by Ronaldinho Azevedo. César Simões showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tarcisio Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Gil Maciel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Fluminense Football Club's zone, Gwidon Dankowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luiz Guilherme Matos came out of the goal and Gwidon Dankowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Gwidon Dankowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luiz Guilherme Matos was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. 25 minutes into the match, Espinhal's goal looked a bit too open when Gil Maciel came free, but César Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Gil Maciel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but César Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mauro de Andrade kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Gwidon Dankowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Luiz Guilherme Matos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 32 minutes into the match, Espinhal's goal looked a bit too open when Tarcisio Bittencourt came free, but César Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ronaldinho Azevedo hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Belmiro Pontes got free with Luiz Guilherme Matos in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 39th play minute Belmiro Pontes came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Luiz Guilherme Matos. 1-0. 42 minutes into the match, Belmiro Pontes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Guilherme Matos. Fluminense Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Belmiro Pontes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Dankowski in the 46th minute of play forced Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Guilherme Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Belmiro Pontes got free with Luiz Guilherme Matos in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Fluminense Football Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by César Ceresso in the 53rd minute. After taking down the ball on Fluminense Football Club's corner César Ceresso fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and César Simões quite easily take care of the ball. In the 56th minute, Agostinho Peres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, César Ceresso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fluminense Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but César Ceresso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. César Simões breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Espinhal's Ronaldinho Azevedo suffered a concussion in the 62nd minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. When Mauro de Andrade fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fluminense Football Club's protests and gave Mauro de Andrade a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Espinhal booed when Fluminense Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mauro de Andrade didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Gwidon Dankowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luiz Guilherme Matos was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 73rd minute of the match Murillo Godoi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luiz Guilherme Matos skillfully saved the ball. César Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro de Andrade in the 74th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Belmiro Pontes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Guilherme Matos. Fluminense Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Belmiro Pontes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Espinhal's Angelo Almeida managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Arnaldo Toledo in the 81 minute of the game. Belmiro Pontes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gwidon Dankowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 87 minutes into the match, Espinhal's goal looked a bit too open when Tarcisio Bittencourt came free, but César Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tarcisio Bittencourt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 93 minutes, Gwidon Dankowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espinhal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gwidon Dankowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gwidon Dankowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 96th match minute, Fluminense Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arlindo Andrade to maneuver through the defense. Gwidon Dankowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Guilherme Matos having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Fluminense Football Club players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Espinhal.