League

Buritama Stadium
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ediberto Albuquerque took the kick off in the first half of the match. Paulo de Godoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naldo Alvarenga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulo de Godoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ediberto Albuquerque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gino Proença hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Deivid Damião showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulinho de Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Deivid Damião made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabiano Veiga in the 31st minute. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Rui Bastos hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rui Bastos during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Rui Bastos hit a great ball. 36 minutes into the match, Dário Ramalho notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Buritama Sport Club's Paulo de Godoi. Paulo de Godoi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Paulo de Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ediberto Albuquerque in the 41st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabiano Veiga during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olívio de Lima to make the kick off. Buritama Sport Club's Paulo de Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ediberto Albuquerque in the 56th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Geovânio Rezende got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Paulo de Godoi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dário Ramalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dário Ramalho got free with Paulo de Godoi in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ediberto Albuquerque received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Paulo de Godoi came out and tried to block the shot, but Ediberto Albuquerque slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 71st minute. Ediberto Albuquerque received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Paulo de Godoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute Ediberto Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo de Godoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santos FC's Ediberto Albuquerque got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Buritama Sport Club's Paulo de Godoi got control of the ball when Dário Ramalho tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 91st minute, Ediberto Albuquerque reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Paulo de Godoi. The goal made the score 0-3. Dário Ramalho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Paulo de Godoi made a huge save. When the final whistle sounded Santos FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Buritama Sport Club.