Friendly League

Peçanhão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Renatinho Catarinense took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpected shot in the 4th minute by Renatinho Catarinense got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 8 minutes into the match, Carlos Trancoso notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Luís Fábio Bittencourt. Luís Fábio Bittencourt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zeca Peres hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Vito Fernandez made in the 13th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Nando Coutinho. With a little luck, E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Luís Fábio Bittencourt got control of the ball when Renatinho Catarinense tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vitinho Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeca Peres in the 20th minute of the match. Nando Coutinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Vitinho Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 26 minutes of play, E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Zeca Peres made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vitinho Ribeiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Luís Fábio Bittencourt got control of the ball when Carlos Trancoso tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Renatinho Catarinense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Fábio Bittencourt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Baltazar Goiano in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baltazar Goiano in the 35th minute of play forced E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's goalkeeper Luís Fábio Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Fábio Bittencourt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Trancoso in the 40th minute. Zeca Peres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luís Fábio Bittencourt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Trancoso in the 46th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Renatinho Catarinense got free with Luís Fábio Bittencourt in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zeca Peres stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Caio da Silveira lost his temper 57 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of Batalhão do Peçanha booed when E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caio da Silveira didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Renatinho Catarinense managed to get in a good position for a shot. Batalhão do Peçanha's supporters rose to their feet, but Renatinho Catarinense was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luís Fábio Bittencourt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Batalhão do Peçanha booed when E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeca Peres didn't get a good kick on the ball. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's attentive Eriberto do Nascimento managed to snatch the ball when Vito Esteves made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. Cleiton Freire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Vitinho Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th match minute, E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zeca Peres to maneuver through the defense. 79 minutes into the game, Vito Esteves threw the ball into play from the sideline. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Eriberto do Nascimento quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Luís Fábio Bittencourt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renatinho Catarinense in the 82nd minute of play. Luís Fábio Bittencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Trancoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th minute, Renatinho Catarinense ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Fábio Bittencourt was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. The supporters of E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO booed when Batalhão do Peçanha was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedrão Sampaio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Renatinho Catarinense during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Batalhão do Peçanha fully deserved thier win.