League

Arcelino
Spectators: 7274 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 144) Luiz Fabiano Cruz made the kick off and thus started the match. If Guga Souto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Raí Lima made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guga Souto in the 8th minute. Geovanni Santana charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Geovanni Santana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 11 played minutes Soinho SS got a freekick which was hit by Geovanni Santana. 15 minutes into the game, Luiz Fabiano Cruz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Soinho SS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sport Club Francana the free kick. The supporters of Sport Club Francana booed when Soinho SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Fabiano Cruz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guga Souto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Raí Lima having to make a save. Cafu da Silveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raí Lima having to interfere. The supporters of Soinho SS booed when Sport Club Francana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naldo Veiga didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute Luiz Fabiano Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cleiton Massa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 34 minutes, Guga Gerber managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Soinho SS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guga Gerber was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Guga Souto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raí Lima was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 37th minute, one of Sport Club Francana:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Sport Club Francana. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mané Netto to strike the kick off in the second half. Cleiton Massa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Fabiano Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the game, Alan Coutinho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Soinho SS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sport Club Francana the free kick. Alan Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Dudu Teles's late challenge caught a Soinho SS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dudu Teles helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sport Club Francana getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Dudu Teles hit a great ball. Mané Netto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raí Lima having to interfere. Guga Gerber could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Cleiton Massa made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Sport Club Francana's Mané Netto got a free kick in the 95th minute. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Sport Club Francana lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.