League

Estádio Candiba
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Erasmo Ferreira got the match started through his kick off. Edinho Vides kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Cuiaba FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fred Barral fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Cuiaba FC's Olívio Zanette got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A hard shot 25 in the game by Fred Barral from a close distance when the talented Elói Luz managed to make a qualified save. Cuiaba FC's players were relieved. Fred Barral could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Elói Luz made a huge save. Elói Luz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The supporters of Candiba FC booed when Cuiaba FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dadá Hermes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erasmo Ferreira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Elói Luz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 40 minutes into the game, one of Cuiaba FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Paulinho Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Eduardo de Brito in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlos Eduardo de Brito stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cuiaba FC's Elói Luz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erasmo Ferreira in the 51st minute of play. After 63 minutes, Dadá Hermes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cuiaba FC and the Candiba FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Candiba FC booed when Cuiaba FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dadá Hermes didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Barral in the 66th minute of play forced Cuiaba FC's goalkeeper Elói Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elói Luz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Cuiaba FC's Elói Luz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Barral in the 69th minute of play. Fred Barral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elói Luz having to interfere. The supporters of Candiba FC booed when Cuiaba FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dadá Hermes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Candiba FC's Paulinho Rossi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Eduardo de Brito in the 76th minute of play. Paulinho Rossi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Eduardo de Brito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 81 minutes, Olívio Zanette managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cuiaba FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olívio Zanette 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 83rd minute, Carlos Eduardo de Brito 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. In the 89th minute, Dadá Hermes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 93 minutes into the game, Aníbal Rossi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Candiba FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cuiaba FC the free kick. After 93 played minutes Candiba FC got a freekick which was hit by Aníbal Rossi. Cuiaba FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.