League

Centro E A Mônaco
Spectators: 7218 (Terracing: 5415, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Juvenal Pereira kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Reinaldo Nascimento notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Viela Paulista FC's Jonas Paiva. Jonas Paiva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Juvenal Pereira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Reinaldo Nascimento in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonas Paiva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jonas Paiva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexsandro Peres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Romeu Aguiar got free with Pedro Luiz de Sousa in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonas Paiva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Reinaldo Nascimento's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexsandro Peres in the 27th minute of play forced Viela Paulista FC's goalkeeper Jonas Paiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Reinaldo Nascimento sped through Viela Paulista FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jonas Paiva. Reinaldo Nascimento scored 0-4 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonas Paiva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 39thth minute of the game Alexsandro Peres who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Viela Paulista FC's Jonas Paiva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Viela Paulista FC's Juvenal Pereira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Luiz de Sousa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joaquim Pires's late challenge caught a Goitacazes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joaquim Pires helped the player get up and apologised.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alexsandro Peres to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eliézer Ramalho got free with Jonas Paiva in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Viela Paulista FC's goalkeeper Jonas Paiva, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Reinaldo Nascimento 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. When Reinaldo Nascimento came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Goitacazes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Reinaldo Nascimento couldn't finish the play. 72 minutes into the game, Reinaldo Nascimento recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonas Paiva. Reinaldo Nascimento showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. In the 77th minute, Goitacazes's Alexsandro Peres ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jonas Paiva. Jonas Paiva yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Eusébio Guedes hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Reinaldo Nascimento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jonas Paiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reinaldo Nascimento's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Jonas Paiva skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Alexsandro Peres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonas Paiva having to interfere. Goitacazes's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.