League

Estádio Suez
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) When Luís Fábio Mangueira came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the chapecoense fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Luís Fábio Mangueira couldn't finish the play. 10 minutes into the game, chapecoense's Marcelo Cavalcante nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. João Vítor Maciel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When Armando Abreu came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Suez SC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Armando Abreu couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fábio Mangueira in the 25th minute of play forced Suez SC's goalkeeper João Vítor Maciel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. chapecoense's Arí Sá proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save chapecoense from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Fellipe Madureira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arí Sá was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Vânderson Trigo charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vânderson Trigo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vânderson Trigo kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After 34 played minutes, chapecoense's Nelsinho Alagoano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Vítor Maciel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in chapecoense reached it. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Cavalcante's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Vítor Maciel was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. The supporters of Suez SC booed when chapecoense was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fábio Mangueira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 43rd minute, Luís Fábio Mangueira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. João Vítor Maciel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Suez SC's João Vítor Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Guilherme Motta in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcelo Cavalcante to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute João Carlos Bittencourt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arí Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of chapecoense booed when Suez SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Carlos Bittencourt didn't get a good kick on the ball. João Vítor Maciel was a little too slow when Marcelo Cavalcante got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 1-5. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Carlos Bittencourt during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Arí Sá came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Suez SC's João Carlos Bittencourt. But to his dismay, João Carlos Bittencourt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. After 70 minutes of play, Suez SC's João Carlos Bittencourt made it 3-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arí Sá was left in no man's land by his defense there! 74 minutes into the match, Suez SC's goalkeeper João Vítor Maciel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luís Fábio Mangueira. Luís Fábio Mangueira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but João Vítor Maciel made a huge save. Luiz Paulo de Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Célio Sanches hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 86 played minutes Suez SC got a freekick which was hit by João Carlos Bittencourt. 90 minutes into the game, Célio Sanches was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Suez SC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave chapecoense the free kick. After 94 played minutes, chapecoense's Luiz Paulo de Souza shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Vítor Maciel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in chapecoense reached it. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Luís Fábio Mangueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. chapecoense's supporters rose to their feet, but Luís Fábio Mangueira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Vítor Maciel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. chapecoense's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.