League

Miguelão
Spectators: 7318 (Terracing: 5490, Seating: 1683, VIP seats: 145) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gualter Botelho made the kick off which started today's match. Carlos Augusto Meira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jano Vergílio in the 18th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Frederico Montenegro during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Frederico Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After 29 minutes, Edgar Neto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 3 de Março FC and the Betim Saint Italian players grew even worse after the yellow card. Edgar Neto hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. If Gualter Botelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ulisses Félix sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mateus de Lara's late challenge caught a Betim Saint Italian's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mateus de Lara helped the player get up and apologised. Ulisses Félix struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Gino Amaral didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Betim Saint Italian. 40 minutes into the match, 3 de Março FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gualter Botelho came free, but Gino Amaral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 48th match minute, 3 de Março FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Travassos to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jano Vergílio to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulisses Félix in the 54th minute of play forced 3 de Março FC's goalkeeper Gino Amaral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gualter Botelho scored 3-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gino Amaral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Gualter Botelho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gino Amaral was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. 68 minutes into the game, Silvério de Sena was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 3 de Março FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Betim Saint Italian the free kick. In the 68th minute, Silvério de Sena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Manuel Travassos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute, Tomé Ferraz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Augusto Meira was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 89th match minute, 3 de Março FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Travassos to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the game, Gualter Botelho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Betim Saint Italian's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 3 de Março FC the free kick. After some careless play in the 3 de Março FC defense, Ulisses Félix kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gino Amaral. The 3 de Março FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gino Amaral should have stopped the shot. If Ulisses Félix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Betim Saint Italian's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.