League

Pitombeiras
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Luís Fábio Silva made the kick off and thus started the match. Emílio Queirós showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuca Tróia in the 3rd minute of the match. Virgílio Santana made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Ian Varela sent off a good shot on target. Angelo Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Pitombeiras EC's goal looked a bit too open when Samuca Tróia came free, but Emílio Queirós reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Geraldo Azevedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Geraldo Azevedo struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Emílio Queirós didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Tigers. After having played for 15 minutes, Ian Varela managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pitombeiras EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ian Varela was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Pitombeiras EC booed when The Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raphael Lara didn't get a good kick on the ball. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Tigers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adrianinho Moreira was slow to take the kick. During this time Pitombeiras EC's players had a chance to rest. Adrianinho Moreira made a great header on Pitombeiras EC's corner, it was just that The Tigers's Virgílio Santana managed to reach the ball for a save. After 21 played minutes Pitombeiras EC got a freekick which was hit by Adrianinho Moreira. Emílio Queirós didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geraldo Azevedo went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Emílio Queirós stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Samuca Tróia's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 33rd minute of the game. One of The Tigers:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pitombeiras EC:s goal. 43 minutes into the match, Geraldo Azevedo notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Pitombeiras EC's Emílio Queirós. Emílio Queirós was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Samuca Tróia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Geraldo Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emílio Queirós having to interfere. 61 minutes into the match, The Tigers's Geraldo Vander sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emílio Queirós narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Emílio Queirós made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Geraldo Azevedo sent off a good shot on target. Samuca Tróia struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Emílio Queirós didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Tigers. Samuca Tróia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Emílio Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pitombeiras EC's goalkeeper Emílio Queirós, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A hard shot 73 in the game by Geraldo Azevedo from a close distance when the talented Emílio Queirós managed to make a qualified save. Pitombeiras EC's players were relieved. 2-4 became the score in the 77th minute when Samuca Tróia elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Kléber de Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. The Tigers's Geraldo Azevedo got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 87th minute, Samuca Tróia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emílio Queirós. The goal made the score 2-5. Thanks to some nice moves Geraldo Azevedo could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Emílio Queirós however easily saved by the left post. After 93 minutes, Angelo Azevedo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Tigers and the Pitombeiras EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Angelo Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded The Tigers left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Pitombeiras EC.