League

Canoas
Spectators: 7238 (Terracing: 5430, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 143) Baumart Team's Jonas Botelho 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. Mateus de Lima blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Juninho Sarmento having to make a save. Túlio Veloso hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuca Cunha in the 7th minute of play forced Baumart Team's goalkeeper Juninho Sarmento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th match minute, Baumart Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas Botelho to maneuver through the defense. Juninho Sarmento showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuca Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Samuca Cunha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Juninho Sarmento having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuca Cunha in the 19th minute of play forced Baumart Team's goalkeeper Juninho Sarmento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juninho Sarmento stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Samuca Cunha's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. The audience was convinced that Samuca Cunha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juninho Sarmento was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Juninho Sarmento showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuca Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. When Cara EC's Samuca Cunha in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Baumart Team's goalie prevented a goal. Samuca Cunha charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samuca Cunha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th minute, Samuca Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Baumart Team:s Juninho Sarmento showed great skill when he stopped Pedro Pontes:s penalty. 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 wind increased when Samuca Cunha made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Samuca Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cara EC's supporters rose to their feet, but Samuca Cunha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Juninho Sarmento breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mateus de Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Juninho Sarmento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Baumart Team's Juninho Sarmento got control of the ball when Samuca Cunha tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuca Cunha in the 61st minute of play forced Baumart Team's goalkeeper Juninho Sarmento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mateus de Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Cacá Bezerra kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Juninho Sarmento. That made the score 0-3 in the 65 minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuca Cunha in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juninho Sarmento prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 74 minutes, Samuca Cunha made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Baumart Team's Juninho Sarmento tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Samuca Cunha's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Juninho Sarmento skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 80th minute, Samuca Cunha 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. Samuca Cunhas short, quick shot in the 82ndth minute got Juninho Sarmento to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The Cara EC fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when Cara EC's Samuca Cunha looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mateus de Lima could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Juninho Sarmento made a huge save. In the 90th minute, one of Baumart Team: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 Baumart Team. The goalkeeper, Juninho Sarmento, was totally fooled by Cara EC's Pedro Pontes, who 91 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Juninho Sarmento made an important save on a dangerous shot by Samuca Cunha in the 96th minute. When the final whistle sounded Cara EC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Baumart Team.