League

Bacabal
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Romeo Sévestre made the kick off which started today's match. When Bacabal's Marcelo Dantas in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cruzeiro's goalie prevented a goal. A hard shot 13 in the game by Marcelo Dantas from a close distance when the talented Tristram Lister managed to make a qualified save. Cruzeiro's players were relieved. Marcelo Dantas in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tristram Lister, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match had been going on for 17 minutes, Bacabal's Gilson Eger 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 Tristram Lister. Tristram Lister showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Couto in the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Sévestre in the 25th minute of play forced Bacabal's goalkeeper Duarte Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romeo Sévestre in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Duarte Ramalho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tristram Lister made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomás Couto in the 29th minute. Sebastião Rossi might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tristram Lister. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sebastião Rossi ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 37th minute, Tomás Couto got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marcelo Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Couto in the 46th minute of play forced Cruzeiro's goalkeeper Tristram Lister to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Raphael Vianna hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cruzeiro's zone, Marcelo Dantas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tristram Lister came out of the goal and Marcelo Dantas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tristram Lister stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcelo Dantas's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Tristram Lister made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fabiano Alcântara in the 74th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Tomás Couto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bacabal's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomás Couto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tristram Lister breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute of the match Murilo Netto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tristram Lister showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcelo Dantas in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tristram Lister prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Sévestre in the 89th minute of play forced Bacabal's goalkeeper Duarte Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Bacabal's Sebastião Rossi in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cruzeiro's goalie prevented a goal. Cruzeiro's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.