League

Estádio Birigui
Spectators: 7190 (Terracing: 5394, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 143) Cláudio Mandrak's late challenge caught a Bonsucesso FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cláudio Mandrak helped the player get up and apologised. In the 5th minute Raí Lopez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro da Silveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 8 minutes, Chiquinho Veiga successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Fabinho França fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chiquinho Veiga having to interfere. 18 minutes into the game, Paulão Romero was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bonsucesso FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MMS Futebol Clube the free kick. In the 18th minute, Paulão Romero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When MMS Futebol Clube's Raí Lopez in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bonsucesso FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Júnior Velloso in the 21st minute of play forced Bonsucesso FC's goalkeeper José Pedro da Silveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bonsucesso FC's Osmar Teixeira got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fabinho França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Osmar Teixeira's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 30thth minute, Chiquinho Veiga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Chiquinho Veiga made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Osmar Teixeira sent off a good shot on target. Chiquinho Veiga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabinho França in the 34th minute of the match. Isaltino Bueno didn't quite understand what happened when in the 39 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. After a defensive mix-up in Bonsucesso FC's zone, Raí Lopez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Pedro da Silveira came out of the goal and Raí Lopez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Júnior Velloso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. José Pedro da Silveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 46 minutes, Lucas Bezerra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bonsucesso FC and the MMS Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 48th minute, Raí Lopez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MMS Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabinho França made a kick off. Chiquinho Veiga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osmar Teixeira's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. 0-2 became the score in the 57th minute when Júnior Velloso elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 66 minutes of play, Bonsucesso FC's Fabinho França made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chiquinho Veiga was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Bonsucesso FC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Fred Mello hit a great ball. Júnior Velloso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. José Pedro da Silveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabinho França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fred Mello's late challenge caught a MMS Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fred Mello helped the player get up and apologised. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Fabinho França sped through MMS Futebol Clube's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Chiquinho Veiga. In the 84th minute, Fabinho França hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in MMS Futebol Clube's zone, Fabinho França stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chiquinho Veiga came out of the goal and Fabinho França tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Osmar Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bonsucesso FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Osmar Teixeira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Chiquinho Veiga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fabinho França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabinho França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabinho França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Bonsucesso FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.