League

Mathilde
Spectators: 7194 (Terracing: 5397, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 143) Wiliam Matos made the kick off and thus started the match. Noel Sampaio's late challenge caught a Green Bay Pakers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Noel Sampaio helped the player get up and apologised. Erasmo Paiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Ribeiro having to interfere. Erasmo Paiva might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Ribeiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erasmo Paiva ran back to his position shaking his head. Cléberson Maciel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Túlio Trigo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benjamin de Queirós hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Cléberson Maciel made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Didi Paraibano sent off a good shot on target. Túlio Trigo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cléberson Maciel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. Gabriel Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wiliam Matos, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Wiliam Matos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Túlio Trigo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cléberson Maciel having to interfere. Didi Paraibano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Didi Paraibano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Cléberson Maciel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Wiliam Matos 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. Túlio Trigo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Cléberson Maciel 40 minutes into the match. Túlio Trigo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cléberson Maciel having to interfere. Didi Paraibano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 49th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

59 minutes into the match, Erasmo Paiva notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Mathilde AD's Gabriel Ribeiro. Gabriel Ribeiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 63 minutes into the match, Mathilde AD's goal looked a bit too open when Wiliam Matos came free, but Gabriel Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Green Bay Pakers's Cléberson Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Didi Paraibano in the 67th minute of play. Maicon Mineiro was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 73rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Didi Paraibano in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cléberson Maciel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cléberson Maciel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Didi Paraibano in the 85th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Mathilde AD's zone, Wiliam Matos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Ribeiro came out of the goal and Wiliam Matos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wiliam Matos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gabriel Ribeiro having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Erasmo Paiva managed to get in a good position for a shot. Green Bay Pakers's supporters rose to their feet, but Erasmo Paiva was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gabriel Ribeiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Wiliam Matos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wiliam Matos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Gabriel Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.