League

Gambas
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luizão de Azevedo kicked off to start the match. If Luizão de Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Fernando Gaspar might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dedê Moreno. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luís Fernando Gaspar ran back to his position shaking his head. When Attila Berkes came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Urawa Reds FC 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 Attila Berkes couldn't finish the play. In the 10th minute Luís Fernando Gaspar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dedê Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Enéas Tinoco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dedê Moreno having to interfere. Urawa Reds FC's Luís Fernando Gaspar got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 16 minutes into the game, Adrianinho Madureira was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Academia da Berlinda FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Urawa Reds FC the free kick. In the 16th match minute, Academia da Berlinda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrianinho Madureira to maneuver through the defense. After 20th play minutes Luís Fernando Gaspar shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Dedê Moreno and just under the crossbar into goal. Luís Fernando Gaspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dedê Moreno stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Fernando Gaspar's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. After 33 minutes of play, Urawa Reds FC's Enéas Tinoco made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dedê Moreno was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luís Fernando Gaspar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dedê Moreno having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Attila Berkes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Urawa Reds FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Attila Berkes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dedê Moreno breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 43rd minute, Luiz Fábio Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Fernando Gaspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Dedê Moreno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Fernando Gaspar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Academia da Berlinda FC's Dedê Moreno proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Academia da Berlinda FC from getting a goal against them. Luís Fernando Gaspars short, quick shot in the 58thth minute got Dedê Moreno to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Luís Fernando Gaspar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dedê Moreno was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Luís Fernando Gaspar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dedê Moreno read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. When Oswaldo Meira came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Urawa Reds FC 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 Oswaldo Meira couldn't finish the play. Luís Fernando Gaspar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 67thth minute tested the skills of Dedê Moreno when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Luís Fernando Gaspar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dedê Moreno having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Luiz Fábio Porto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Urawa Reds FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Luiz Fábio Porto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dedê Moreno breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Attila Berkes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dedê Moreno having to interfere. Dedê Moreno stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Fernando Gaspar's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. An unexpected shot in the 83rd minute by Attila Berkes got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Luís Fernando Gaspars short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Dedê Moreno to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 95th minute, Luís Fernando Gaspar 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. Urawa Reds FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.