League

Alambique S.A.
Spectators: 7207 (Terracing: 5407, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vivaldo Faria took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Vivaldo Faria's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristijonas Juozapavičius was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Gustavo Leão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Cipriano Brasil's late challenge caught a €tílicos SELLING OUT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cipriano Brasil helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th match minute, Bage was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cipriano Brasil to maneuver through the defense. Vivaldo Faria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in €tílicos SELLING OUT's zone, Gustavo Leão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rafa Azevedo came out of the goal and Gustavo Leão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bage's César Pernambucano got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustavo Leão in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rafa Azevedo saved €tílicos SELLING OUT from getting behind. 24 minutes into the game, Vivaldo Faria recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Kristijonas Juozapavičius. Vivaldo Faria showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 27 minutes into the game, one of Bage:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave €tílicos SELLING OUT a penalty, 29 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Sebastião Pernambucano, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bage's Kristijonas Juozapavičius. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vivaldo Faria in the 36th minute of play forced Bage's goalkeeper Kristijonas Juozapavičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Durval Gonçalves hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when César Pernambucano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rafa Azevedo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of César Pernambucano's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. After 57 played minutes €tílicos SELLING OUT got a freekick which was hit by Umberto Capixaba. €tílicos SELLING OUT's Rafa Azevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save €tílicos SELLING OUT from getting a goal against them. After 64 minutes, Serginho França mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the €tílicos SELLING OUT and the Bage players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had been going on for 66 minutes, Bage's Boleslaw Pietrowski got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Rafa Azevedo. €tílicos SELLING OUT's Célio Lago got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kristijonas Juozapavičius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Célio Lago in the 76th minute of the match. The supporters of €tílicos SELLING OUT booed when Bage was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rony Félix didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Célio Lago came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the €tílicos SELLING OUT 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 Célio Lago couldn't finish the play. The supporters of €tílicos SELLING OUT booed when Bage was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Renato Toledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rubens de Brito scored 3-1 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kristijonas Juozapavičius, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 89 minutes into the match, €tílicos SELLING OUT's goal looked a bit too open when César Pernambucano came free, but Rafa Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Rafa Azevedo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Boleslaw Pietrowski was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 95 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Bage fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 94th minute. Penalty! Cipriano Brasil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 100th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Bage players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for €tílicos SELLING OUT.