League

La Bambonera
Spectators: 7297 (Terracing: 5474, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 145) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edgard Martins got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Edgard Martins notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of FOTITAGAS's Pedrão Gaúcho. Pedrão Gaúcho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 6 played minutes Bamba AD got a freekick which was hit by Edgard Martins. Bamba AD's Denílson Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomás Vargas in the 8th minute of play. With his leg Pedrão Gaúcho managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Bamba AD's Edgard Martins fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Pedrão Gaúcho made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Edgard Martins sent off a good shot on target. Pedrão Gaúcho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júlio da Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. The audience was convinced that Edgard Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedrão Gaúcho was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Diego da Fonseca during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 25 played minutes FOTITAGAS got a freekick which was hit by Diego da Fonseca. FOTITAGAS's Pedrão Gaúcho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júlio da Rocha in the 25th minute of play. In the 27th minute, FOTITAGAS's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Júlio da Rocha fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. A hard shot 28 in the game by Edgard Martins from a close distance when the talented Pedrão Gaúcho managed to make a qualified save. FOTITAGAS's players were relieved. After 30 played minutes Bamba AD got a freekick which was hit by Ian Souza. 33 minutes into the game, Ronaldinho Amaral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bamba AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FOTITAGAS the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 33rd minute of the game. One of Bamba AD:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FOTITAGAS:s goal. In the 35th minute there was a penalty for FOTITAGAS. Amadeu Maia stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Denílson Maciel. 2-2. After 37 played minutes FOTITAGAS got a freekick which was hit by Percival Brasil. When Diego da Fonseca was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 42 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, FOTITAGAS's Diego da Fonseca got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 46th minute, Dito Motta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benjamim Sergipano to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Benjamim Sergipano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FOTITAGAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bamba AD the free kick. After 55 played minutes FOTITAGAS got a freekick which was hit by Benjamim Sergipano. Pedrão Gaúcho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júlio da Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After a rather tough play, FOTITAGAS's Natã Teles got a free kick in the 58th minute. Pedrão Gaúcho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The audience was convinced that Edgard Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedrão Gaúcho was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Thomás Vargas charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thomás Vargas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 65th match minute, FOTITAGAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomás Vargas to maneuver through the defense. Bamba AD's Juarês de Andrade was substituted for Júlio da Rocha. In the 67th minute, Thomás Vargas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedrão Gaúcho came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Bamba AD's Edgard Martins. But to his dismay, Edgard Martins quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Pedrão Gaúcho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juarês de Andrade in the 85th minute of the match. Enéas Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denílson Maciel having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edgard Martins in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedrão Gaúcho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pedrão Gaúcho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Pedrão Gaúcho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgard Martins went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. For all the effort they put into the match, the FOTITAGAS players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Bamba AD.