Friendly League

Serra Dourada Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Goiás Esporte Clube's Ismael Penha started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the game, Ronaldo Barbosa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AD Pontassolense's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Goiás Esporte Clube the free kick. After a rather tough play, AD Pontassolense's Ronaldo Barbosa got a free kick in the 6th minute. If Josué Mandrak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ronaldo Barbosa kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Raimundo Matos's late challenge caught a Goiás Esporte Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raimundo Matos helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, AD Pontassolense's Cesário Sanches got a free kick in the 20th minute. If Ismael Penha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Serafim Cunha came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Goiás Esporte Clube 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 Serafim Cunha couldn't finish the play. Renato Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Mané Quirino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Palmiro Leite hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Renato Alves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mané Quirino was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Afonso Castanheira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafim Cunha in the 34th minute of the match. Arthur Branco scored 0-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mané Quirino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Goiás Esporte Clube players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AD Pontassolense were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Renato Alves to strike the kick off in the second half. When Josué Mandrak came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Goiás Esporte Clube 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 Josué Mandrak couldn't finish the play. In the 54th match minute, AD Pontassolense was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesário Sanches to maneuver through the defense. 58 minutes into the match, Renato Alves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mané Quirino. Goiás Esporte Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Renato Alves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Amílton do Nascimento hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute of the match, Álvaro Carvalho got a very nice opportunity to score, but Mané Quirino was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The supporters of AD Pontassolense booed when Goiás Esporte Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Serafim Cunha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mané Quirino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arthur Branco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Afonso Castanheira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio de Souza in the 73rd minute of the match. A collision led to Goiás Esporte Clube getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Serafim Cunha hit a great ball. Afonso Castanheira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josué Mandrak in the 95th minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Josué Mandrak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Afonso Castanheira was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The AD Pontassolense supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AD Pontassolense would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.