League

Estádio Mimosos
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gaston Balesio got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Mimosos's zone, Timoteo Tono stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Bezerra came out of the goal and Timoteo Tono tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 6 minutes into the match, Mimosos's goal looked a bit too open when Jano Abraão came free, but Luís Bezerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaston Balesio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mister Bean recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 0-1 became the score in the 14th minute when Mister Bean elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Gaston Balesio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Zé Paulo Simões made a huge save. In the 23rd match minute, Deu Zebra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Tono to maneuver through the defense. 26 minutes into the match, Mimosos's goal looked a bit too open when Timoteo Tono came free, but Luís Bezerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mister Bean in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luís Bezerra prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 31st minute Mister Bean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Bezerra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Bezerra came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Deu Zebra FC's Timoteo Tono. But to his dismay, Timoteo Tono quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Luís Bezerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jano Abraão in the 35th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Mimosos's goal looked a bit too open when Mister Bean came free, but Luís Bezerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jano Abraão took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Bezerra. Luís Bezerra dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Luís Bezerra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timoteo Tono, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luís Bezerra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jano Abraão went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Luís Bezerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timoteo Tono in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Mister Bean made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Deu Zebra FC were awarded a corner. Albano Salvino went to the cornerflag to take it. Timoteo Tono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Luís Bezerra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mimosos's defense didn't have a chance, in the 61st minute, when Jano Abraão scored to the left of an out of position Luís Bezerra, making the score, 0-5. In the 63rd match minute, Deu Zebra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jano Abraão to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Mimosos defense, Timoteo Tono kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Bezerra. The Mimosos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Bezerra should have stopped the shot. Luís Bezerra stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mister Bean's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. If Timoteo Tono had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 82 minutes of play, Deu Zebra FC's Jano Abraão made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Bezerra was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Deu Zebra FC's Gabriel Mota got a free kick in the 90th minute. Deu Zebra FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.