League

Estádio Acarai
Spectators: 6642 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1642, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Váldson Fontes got the match started through his kick off. Mants FC's João Francisco Monteiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raphael Dantas in the 3rd minute of play. In the 6thth minute of the game Váldson Fontes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acarai's Thomás Tasso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. João Francisco Monteiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adelino Oliveira in the 8th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Erivaldo Rosa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Thomás Tasso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Adelino Oliveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Francisco Monteiro having to interfere. Váldson Fontes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 30th minute Váldson Fontes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomás Tasso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Mants FC's Kléberson Velasco got a free kick in the 31st minute. Cauan Fonseca's late challenge caught a Acarai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cauan Fonseca helped the player get up and apologised. 32 minutes into the game, one of Mants FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Acarai a penalty, 34 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Marcus Veiga, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Mants FC's João Francisco Monteiro. 1-1. During the 45th minute of the match Kléberson Velasco completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Kléberson Velasco a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Kléberson Velasco kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 48th minute of the game. One of Mants FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Acarai:s goal. Marcus Veiga walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Raphael Dantas made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Marquinhos Quadros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thomás Tasso. Acarai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marquinhos Quadros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. If Raphael Dantas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 62 minutes into the match, Mants FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adelino Oliveira came free, but João Francisco Monteiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erivaldo Rosa was extremely unlucky when he, in the 71st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Erivaldo Rosa in the 74thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Thomás Tasso, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Thomás Tasso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erivaldo Rosa in the 78th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erivaldo Rosa got free with Thomás Tasso in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 82 minutes, Erivaldo Rosa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mants FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Erivaldo Rosa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marcus Veiga hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Adelino Oliveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. João Francisco Monteiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Váldson Fontes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomás Tasso having to interfere. Mants FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.