League

Sanharo
Spectators: 7175 (Terracing: 5383, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 142) Laranjeiras's 姜笑坤 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. 姜笑坤 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovânio Godoi having to interfere. Geovânio Godoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 姜笑坤, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Geovânio Godoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Américo Cosme in the 19th minute of play. In the 21stth minute of the game 姜笑坤 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sanharo's Geovânio Godoi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th minute, 姜笑坤 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. After a rather tough play, Sanharo's Rui Rezende got a free kick in the 26th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Laranjeiras's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandre Quadros came free, but Dida de Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Rezende in the 30th minute of play forced Laranjeiras's goalkeeper Dida de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dida de Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandro Botelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Artur Saraiva let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 33rd minute shot 1-0 at rihgt post. After some careless play in the Sanharo defense, 姜笑坤 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Geovânio Godoi. The Sanharo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Geovânio Godoi should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Yago Socobio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geovânio Godoi was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Artur Saraiva's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dida de Souza firmly grabbed it by the left 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.

The wind increased when Sandro Botelho made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Américo Cosme in the 51st minute of play forced Sanharo's goalkeeper Geovânio Godoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 姜笑坤 struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Geovânio Godoi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Laranjeiras. Dida de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rui Rezende in the 56th minute of play. If 姜笑坤 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 60 minutes, Yago Socobio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Laranjeiras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yago Socobio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 65th minute Yago Socobio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovânio Godoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Laranjeiras's Geovânio Godoi threw himself towards the right post 67 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Yago Socobio, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 75 minutes of play, Laranjeiras's 姜笑坤 made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geovânio Godoi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Geovânio Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yago Socobio in the 80th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Sanharo's goalkeeper Geovânio Godoi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 姜笑坤. 姜笑坤 scored 1-3 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geovânio Godoi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 姜笑坤 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Geovânio Godoi made a huge save. Geovânio Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yago Socobio in the 88th minute of the match. Américo Cosme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Laranjeiras's 姜笑坤 got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute, Cássio Nóbrega had to leave the field with a concussion. After 95 minutes, Rogério Quintal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sanharo and the Laranjeiras players grew even worse after the yellow card. Laranjeiras made a substitution. Nilton Pena replaced Cássio Nóbrega. After a rather tough play, Sanharo's Rogério Quintal got a free kick in the 95th minute. When the match was over Laranjeiras could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sanharo throughout the match.