League

Pepas
Spectators: 7179 (Terracing: 5386, Seating: 1651, VIP seats: 142) Chicão Bittencourt started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Bebeto Barros charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bebeto Barros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Bebeto Barros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 7 minutes into the match, Betim MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Chicão Bittencourt came free, but Cássio Rossi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 minutes, Valério Sá mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Betim MZC and the Peppas team players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Peppas team booed when Betim MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valério Sá didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Peppas team booed when Betim MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bebeto Barros didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute Válbson Saldanha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rubens Lago saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the game, Válbson Saldanha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rubens Lago was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Válbson Saldanha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Rubens Lago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Válbson Saldanha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Paulo Porto in the 42nd minute of play forced Peppas team's goalkeeper Rubens Lago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgard Simões hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Rubens Lago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgard Simões in the 46th minute of play. With his leg Cássio Rossi managed to avoid a goal in the 48thth minute, when Peppas team's Chicão Bittencourt fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The Peppas team players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Betim MZC were winning 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Válbson Saldanha was the one to do the kick off. Cássio Rossi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chicão Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. When Chicão Bittencourt came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Peppas team 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 Chicão Bittencourt couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgard Simões got free with Rubens Lago in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Peppas team's Rubens Lago proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Peppas team from getting a goal against them. Rubens Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgard Simões in the 70th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Edgard Simões notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Peppas team's Rubens Lago. Rubens Lago was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgard Simões got free with Rubens Lago in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rubens Lago made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Válbson Saldanha sent off a good shot on target. In the 79th minute of the match, Zé Paulo Porto tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rubens Lago saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Válbson Saldanha succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 81st playminute. Rubens Lago showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Paulo Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Chicão Bittencourt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Cássio Rossi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rubens Lago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Paulo Porto in the 93rd minute of play. With a little luck, Peppas team's Rubens Lago got control of the ball when Válbson Saldanha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rubens Lago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgard Simões in the 97th minute of play.