League

Estádio Sapataria
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) Nuno da Fonseca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Fábio Dionísio, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The supporters of Philadelphia Union booed when Ronaldinho Soccer 97™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Duda Dante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ruperto Lon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Lenílson Senna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Fábio Dionísio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno da Fonseca having to interfere. Lenílson Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruperto Lon in the 24th minute of the match. Lenílson Senna made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ruperto Lon in the 26th minute. Ruperto Lon was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 27th minute. Philadelphia Union's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After 29 minutes of play, Philadelphia Union's Joaquim da Silveira made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lenílson Senna was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 33 played minutes Ronaldinho Soccer 97™ got a freekick which was hit by Luís Fábio Dionísio. Joaquim da Silveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Lenílson Senna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ruperto Lon in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lenílson Senna saved Ronaldinho Soccer 97™ from getting behind. Lenílson Senna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruperto Lon, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Ronaldinho Soccer 97™'s Lenílson Senna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruperto Lon in the 42nd minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Ronaldinho Soccer 97™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Bezerra to maneuver through the defense. Ruperto Lon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ruperto Lon was the one to do the kick off. Joaquim da Silveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Lenílson Senna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Joaquim da Silveira 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruperto Lon in the 65th minute of play forced Ronaldinho Soccer 97™'s goalkeeper Lenílson Senna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nuno da Fonseca didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 72nd minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. In the 76th minute Ruperto Lon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lenílson Senna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick de Mendonça hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Joaquim da Silveira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Philadelphia Union's supporters rose to their feet, but Joaquim da Silveira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lenílson Senna breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 85 minutes into the match, Ronaldinho Soccer 97™'s goal looked a bit too open when Patrick de Mendonça came free, but Lenílson Senna reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Ruperto Lon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lenílson Senna was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Lenílson Senna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruperto Lon, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. When the referee ended the match the Philadelphia Union players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.