League

Araguaya
Spectators: 7230 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 100) FOX - SC's César França 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. After some careless play in the Real Ituano F.C. defense, César França kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Belchior Toscano. The Real Ituano F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Belchior Toscano should have stopped the shot. 7 minutes into the game, Armindo Motta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Ituano F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FOX - SC the free kick. In the 7th match minute, Real Ituano F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armindo Motta to maneuver through the defense. If Ion Ichim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 17 minutes of play, FOX - SC's César França made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Belchior Toscano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Belchior Toscano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pontus Ekegren, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. FOX - SC's Pontus Ekegren got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Real Ituano F.C.'s Belchior Toscano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pontus Ekegren in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, Real Ituano F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armindo Motta to maneuver through the defense. After 29 minutes of play, FOX - SC's César França made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Belchior Toscano was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers César França in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Belchior Toscano saved Real Ituano F.C. from getting behind. The audience was convinced that César França's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Belchior Toscano was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pontus Ekegren in the 41st minute of play forced Real Ituano F.C.'s goalkeeper Belchior Toscano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd match minute, Real Ituano F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elias Branco to maneuver through the defense. After 44 played minutes, FOX - SC's Vitinho Vergílio shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Belchior Toscano came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FOX - SC reached it.

Belchior Toscano was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but César França showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 60 minute of play. With his leg Belchior Toscano managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when FOX - SC's Pontus Ekegren fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in FOX - SC's zone, Ion Ichim stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorginho Queirós came out of the goal and Ion Ichim tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ion Ichim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Jorginho Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute, FOX - SC's Pontus Ekegren ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Belchior Toscano. Belchior Toscano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Pontus Ekegren could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Belchior Toscano made a huge save. In the 82nd minute César França shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belchior Toscano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pontus Ekegren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Real Ituano F.C. supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FOX - SC's performance. The match ended with a win for FOX - SC.