League

Exu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carlos Augusto Maciel started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Exu defense, Sidney Mello kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Cabral. The Exu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Cabral should have stopped the shot. In the 6th minute, Kléberson Pombal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Croqui Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 10th minute, Exu's Carlos Augusto Maciel dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. In the 17th minute, Kléberson Pombal 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. In the 24th match minute, Croqui Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidney Mello to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kléberson Pombal in the 36th minute of play forced Exu's goalkeeper Marcos Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Croqui Futebol Clube's Waldemar Araújo got a free kick in the 39th minute. Luís Eduardo Vargas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Marcos Cabral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kléberson Pombal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Marcos Cabral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The long shot by João Augusto Damião in the 47th minute really tested Carlos Eduardo Vargas's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kléberson Pombal made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kléberson Pombal got free with Marcos Cabral in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 61st minute of the match, Kléberson Pombal tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marcos Cabral saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Croqui Futebol Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bruninho Fernandez in the 62nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Bruninho Fernandez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcos Cabral quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Kléberson Pombal who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Marcos Cabral when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Carlos Eduardo Vargas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emerson Freire in the 70th minute of the match. Carlos Eduardo Vargas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Augusto Maciel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute Carlos Augusto Maciel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Eduardo Vargas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kléberson Pombals short, quick shot in the 80thth minute got Marcos Cabral to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Croqui Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Carlos Eduardo Vargas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcos Cabral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kléberson Pombal in the 88th minute. When Alexandre Leão came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Exu 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 Alexandre Leão couldn't finish the play. If Alexandre Leão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Exu supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Croqui Futebol Clube's performance. The match ended with a win for Croqui Futebol Clube.