League

Golden House
Spectators: 7406 (Terracing: 5555, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 148) Esporte Clube Bahia's Virgílio do Nascimento 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 some careless play in the Golden Dogs defense, Hílton Garcia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Evrosi Sakaliyski. The Golden Dogs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Evrosi Sakaliyski should have stopped the shot. Esporte Clube Bahia's Diamantino Meirelles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Esporte Clube Bahia from getting a goal against them. Dino Ribeiro struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Diamantino Meirelles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Golden Dogs. Hílton Garcia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Evrosi Sakaliyski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. After 23 played minutes Esporte Clube Bahia got a freekick which was hit by Flavinho Seco. The supporters of Golden Dogs booed when Esporte Clube Bahia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Virgílio do Nascimento didn't get a good kick on the ball. Esporte Clube Bahia's Diamantino Meirelles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Esporte Clube Bahia from getting a goal against them. 35 minutes into the match, Esporte Clube Bahia's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Ribeiro came free, but Diamantino Meirelles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evrosi Sakaliyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hílton Garcia in the 36th minute of the match. Dino Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Diamantino Meirelles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Geovani Camargo kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Luan Sá blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Diamantino Meirelles having to make a save.

The wind increased when Dino Ribeiro made the kick off in the second half. Esporte Clube Bahia's Diamantino Meirelles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dino Ribeiro in the 56th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Hílton Garcia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esporte Clube Bahia's supporters rose to their feet, but Hílton Garcia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evrosi Sakaliyski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Virgílio do Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evrosi Sakaliyski having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 66th minute by Hílton Garcia got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Natanael de Mendonça made in the 67th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Golden Dogs's Valdo Medeiros. In the 72nd minute, Arí Terra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Esporte Clube Bahia's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Ribeiro came free, but Diamantino Meirelles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Geovani Camargo got his second yellow card in the match during the 77th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 78th minute, Geovani Camargo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Golden Dogs's Evrosi Sakaliyski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Golden Dogs from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Dino Ribeiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diamantino Meirelles was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. After 88 played minutes Esporte Clube Bahia got a freekick which was hit by Flavinho Seco. 90 minutes into the match, Luan Sá had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Diamantino Meirelles. Esporte Clube Bahia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luan Sá was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Diamantino Meirelles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luan Sá in the 98th minute of the match. Golden Dogs's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.