League

Espirito de CONDÁ
Spectators: 6402 (Terracing: 5402, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) EC Vitória's Ulisses Britto 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. 8 minutes into the game, Emílio Meireles cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Sandrinho Borges was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 12th minute, Benjamim Cerezo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Percy Leite showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilvan Lago, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Sandrinho Borges showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulisses Britto, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 21st minute of the match, Gilvan Lago tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Percy Leite saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The supporters of EC Vitória booed when ChapeTerror was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseu das Neves didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sandrinho Borges stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emílio Meireles's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. After some careless play in the ChapeTerror defense, Ulisses Britto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sandrinho Borges. The ChapeTerror fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sandrinho Borges should have stopped the shot. Orlando Lara charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orlando Lara the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 34th minute, one of ChapeTerror:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ChapeTerror. The referee gave EC Vitória a penalty, 36 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jorginho Donatello, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ChapeTerror's Sandrinho Borges. 0-3. After some careless play in the ChapeTerror defense, Emílio Meireles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sandrinho Borges. The ChapeTerror fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sandrinho Borges should have stopped the shot. After the first half EC Vitória were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gilvan Lago was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the ChapeTerror defense, Ulisses Britto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sandrinho Borges. The ChapeTerror fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sandrinho Borges should have stopped the shot. Emílio Meireles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandrinho Borges having to interfere. Emílio Meireles's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 58thth minute, Sandrinho Borges skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Sandrinho Borges was a little too slow when Ulisses Britto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 0-6. In the 67th minute, EC Vitória's Ulisses Britto dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. Sandrinho Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulisses Britto in the 71st minute of the match. Emílio Meireles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Sandrinho Borges tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ChapeTerror getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Flavinho Fontes hit a great ball. Hélio Mendonça's late challenge caught a ChapeTerror's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hélio Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, EC Vitória's Hélio Mendonça got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute, Emílio Meireles made a precise shot to the right of Sandrinho Borges. ChapeTerror's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. Emílio Meireles came free with the goalkeeper in the 85th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Sandrinho Borges could save by the left post. If Hélio Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th minute Ulisses Britto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandrinho Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulisses Britto in the 92nd minute of play forced ChapeTerror's goalkeeper Sandrinho Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle sounded EC Vitória left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ChapeTerror.