League

Maracanã
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Claudinho Mandrak kicked off to start the match. Víktor Vasconcelos's late challenge caught a Matador EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Víktor Vasconcelos helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Pereirao's Víktor Vasconcelos got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After having played for 4 minutes, Benedito Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Matador EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benedito Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 7 minutes, Benedito Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Matador EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benedito Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Pereirao booed when Matador EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cícero da Rocha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tião Sá received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Gustaw Domaradzki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Matador EC's Tião Sá got a free kick in the 14th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Pereirao's zone, Benedito Batista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gustaw Domaradzki came out of the goal and Benedito Batista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Benedito Batistas short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Gustaw Domaradzki to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 20th minute of the match, Tião Sá tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gustaw Domaradzki saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Narciso Veiga kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Tião Sá fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gustaw Domaradzki having to interfere. Benedito Batistas short, quick shot in the 25thth minute got Gustaw Domaradzki to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Pereirao's Gustaw Domaradzki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Pereirao from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute, Jefferson Guerra 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. Tião Sá fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gustaw Domaradzki having to interfere. After 32 played minutes Pereirao got a freekick which was hit by Vladimir Couto. With his leg Gustaw Domaradzki managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Matador EC's Benedito Batista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Claudinho Mandrak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandrinho Matorin having to interfere. Claudinho Mandrak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandrinho Matorin having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of Matador EC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pereirao:s goal. In the 48th minute, Rômulo Diniz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sandrinho Matorin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Matador EC's Sandrinho Matorin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Matador EC from getting a goal against them. Sandrinho Matorin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinho Mandrak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Matador EC's Cícero da Rocha got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 76th minute, Chiquinho Palmeira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Benedito Batista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rômulo Diniz hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. If Benedito Batista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Claudinho Mandrak came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Pereirao fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Claudinho Mandrak couldn't finish the play. When Tião Sá came up free with the goalie in the 98th minute, the Matador EC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tião Sá couldn't finish the play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.