League

Estádio Botupora
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Faustão Mello got the match started through his kick off. When Durval Dias fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Koepsel EC's protests and gave Durval Dias a yellow card for diving instead. Durval Dias hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Eriberto Santana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. Faustão Mello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Diogo do Valle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cássio Santana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. José Carlos Cardozo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gláuber Pimenta hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Faustão Mello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Diogo do Valle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute, Cássio Santana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tricolor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 31 minutes into the match, Koepsel EC's goal looked a bit too open when Eriberto Santana came free, but José Carlos Cardozo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. During the 33rd minute of the match Gláuber Pimenta completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Gláuber Pimenta a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. If Cássio Santana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Koepsel EC's Durval Dias got his second yellow card of the match in the 39th minute. The referee ordered Durval Dias off the ground. Cássio Santana in the 41stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of José Carlos Cardozo, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cássio Santana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eriberto Santana in the 45th minute of play forced Koepsel EC's goalkeeper José Carlos Cardozo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cássio Santana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The audience was convinced that Eriberto Santana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Carlos Cardozo was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Eriberto Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. If Eriberto Santana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 64 minutes into the match, Koepsel EC's goal looked a bit too open when Eriberto Santana came free, but José Carlos Cardozo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Carlos Cardozo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Santana in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eriberto Santana in the 67th minute of play forced Koepsel EC's goalkeeper José Carlos Cardozo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Eriberto Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tricolor's supporters rose to their feet, but Eriberto Santana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Carlos Cardozo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eriberto Santana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. A collision led to Koepsel EC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Silvério Soeiro hit a great ball. José Carlos Cardozo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto Santana in the 84th minute of the match. José Carlos Cardozo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eriberto Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Eriberto Santana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. José Carlos Cardozo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tricolor's Eriberto Santana got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Koepsel EC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Faustão Mello hit a great ball. José Carlos Cardozo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eriberto Santana in the 97th minute of play. 97 minutes into the match, Eriberto Santana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Carlos Cardozo. Koepsel EC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eriberto Santana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0.