League

Union Park
Spectators: 7223 (Terracing: 5419, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rubinho de Medeiros made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Flavinho de Brito left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Philadelphia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Flavinho de Brito's late challenge caught a Calderao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Flavinho de Brito helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Philadelphia getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Flavinho de Brito hit a great ball. Túlio Tepedino hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. With his leg Nildo Alcântara managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Philadelphia's Vitório Arce fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Calderao's Nildo Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rubinho de Medeiros in the 19th minute of play. Nildo Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubinho de Medeiros in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Calderao's goalkeeper Nildo Alcântara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 24th minute, Rubinho de Medeiros reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nildo Alcântara. The goal made the score 2-0. Vitório Arce received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Nildo Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nildo Alcântara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubinho de Medeiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. When Delfim de Sena fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Calderao's protests and gave Delfim de Sena a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Delfim de Sena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sydney Braga was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 34th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Vitório Arce received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Nildo Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nildo Alcântara made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Vitório Arce sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubinho de Medeiros in the 60th minute of play forced Calderao's goalkeeper Nildo Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Rubinho de Medeiros came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Philadelphia 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 Rubinho de Medeiros couldn't finish the play. Vitório Arce received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Nildo Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 80th minute of the game. One of Calderao:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Philadelphia:s goal. Delfim de Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Zé Paulo Bastos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the game, Philadelphia's Vitório Arce nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nildo Alcântara made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Philadelphia's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.