League

HM Stadium
Spectators: 7215 (Terracing: 5412, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) Zé Paulo Campidelis hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Arnaldo de Godoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Carlos Eduardo Correia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hugos Arts Club's goalkeeper Adrianinho Vander, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Avante FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlinhos Ramos came free, but Isaltino Peixoto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carlinhos Ramos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Isaltino Peixoto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Carlos Eduardo Correia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Avante FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlos Eduardo Correia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adrianinho Vander breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adrianinho Vander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Eduardo Correia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlinhos Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 38 minutes, Laerte de Medeiros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Avante FC and the Hugos Arts Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th minute, Laerte de Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the match, Zé Paulo Campidelis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isaltino Peixoto. Avante FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zé Paulo Campidelis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlos Eduardo Correia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Carlos Eduardo Correia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrianinho Vander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zé Paulo Campidelis hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Adrianinho Vander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Eduardo Correia in the 69th minute of the match. Carlinhos Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnaldo de Godoi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isaltino Peixoto having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Avante FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlinhos Ramos came free, but Isaltino Peixoto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Isaltino Peixoto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlinhos Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Isaltino Peixoto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carlinhos Ramos went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Luizinho Teixeira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Adrianinho Vander made a huge save. 2-2 became the score in the 96th minute when Luizinho Teixeira elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.