League

Mercedes
Spectators: 7092 (Terracing: 5382, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 60) Fenix's Thiago Loyola started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 played minutes, Mercedes RLL's Júnior Meireles shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Falcão Furtado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mercedes RLL reached it. Christian de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thiago Loyola, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Dário Custódio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Christian de Almeida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Thiago Loyola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Régis de Queirós in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Falcão Furtado saved Fenix from getting behind. In the 18th minute, Dário Custódio 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. 20 minutes into the game, Fenix's Thiago Loyola nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Christian de Almeida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Dário Custódio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 28 minutes into the match, Fenix's Dário Custódio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christian de Almeida narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dário Custódio struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Christian de Almeida didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fenix. Frederico Freitas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Falcão Furtado having to make a save. Frederico Freitas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Falcão Furtado having to interfere. Mercedes RLL's Christian de Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dário Custódio in the 44th minute of play. A collision led to Mercedes RLL getting a freekick after 49 minutes play. Luiz Gustavo de Amaral hit a great ball. Christian de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Custódio in the 50th minute of the match. The Mercedes RLL players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Fenix were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Régis de Queirós stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thiago Loyola struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Christian de Almeida didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fenix. A collision led to Fenix getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Eliézer Bastos hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Claudinei Quintal sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Fenix's Falcão Furtado didn't even have to move. After having played for 73 minutes, Dário Custódio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fenix's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dário Custódio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Thiago Loyola kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christian de Almeida. That made the score 0-2 in the 78 minute of play. Mercedes RLL's Christian de Almeida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Mercedes RLL from getting a goal against them. Dário Custódio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian de Almeida having to interfere. Frederico Freitas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Falcão Furtado having to interfere. Falcão Furtado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Régis de Queirós went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score.