League

Tucana
Spectators: 6668 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1668, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Walmir Lira got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Florindo's Miguel Velloso got a free kick in the 5th minute. Walmir Lira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Manoel Maciel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hermínio Cabral hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Reynaldo de Queirós charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reynaldo de Queirós the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, A.D São Caetano's Reynaldo de Queirós got a free kick in the 27th minute. A.D São Caetano's Jean Guerra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeferson Cavalcante in the 30th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, A.D São Caetano's Augusto Soeiro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Manoel Maciel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walmir Lira in the 33rd minute of play forced Florindo's goalkeeper Manoel Maciel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Walmir Lira took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Manoel Maciel to make any attempt to save it. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jeferson Cavalcante was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Ricardinho Siqueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in A.D São Caetano's zone, Miguel Velloso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jean Guerra came out of the goal and Miguel Velloso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Jeferson Cavalcante managed to get in a good position for a shot. Florindo's supporters rose to their feet, but Jeferson Cavalcante was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jean Guerra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Renatinho Donato received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Jean Guerra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Jean Guerra managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Florindo's Renatinho Donato fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jean Guerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeferson Cavalcante in the 64th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, A.D São Caetano's goal looked a bit too open when Jeferson Cavalcante came free, but Jean Guerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeferson Cavalcante fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean Guerra having to interfere. Carlos Eduardo Campidelis kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. If Walmir Lira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Renatinho Donato sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A.D São Caetano's Jean Guerra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save A.D São Caetano from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. A.D São Caetano had won after a very even match.