Friendly League

Alvi Azul
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) SC Braga's Jesualdo Sacramento 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. Octávio Moita was a little too slow when Luís de Lara got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. After a rather tough play, SC Braga's Hélio Cerqueira got a free kick in the 7th minute. Lauro Linhares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Álvaro Malheiro in the 15th minute of the match. After 17 minutes CE LAJEADENSE RS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alexandrino Bessa who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of CE LAJEADENSE RS's goalie and right to Jesualdo Sacramento. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. CE LAJEADENSE RS's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After a rather tough play, SC Braga's Jesualdo Sacramento got a free kick in the 17th minute. Raimundo Gonçalves kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Glauco Paranaense's late challenge caught a SC Braga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Glauco Paranaense helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to CE LAJEADENSE RS getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Adilson Montenegro hit a great ball. Octávio Moita didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 26th minute, which inside left pole to 2-0. Glauco Paranaenses short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Octávio Moita to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adilson Montenegro during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, CE LAJEADENSE RS's Adilson Montenegro got a free kick in the 34th minute. Raimundo Gonçalves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Octávio Moita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to SC Braga getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Alexandrino Bessa hit a great ball. With a little luck, SC Braga's Octávio Moita got control of the ball when Glauco Paranaense tried to sneak it across the goal line. SC Braga's Octávio Moita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís de Lara in the 43rd minute of play. Adilson Montenegro lost his temper 46 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 46th minute, Adilson Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute of the match Alexandrino Bessa sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lauro Linhares skillfully saved the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Natanael Pinheiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, CE LAJEADENSE RS's Natanael Pinheiro got a free kick in the 56th minute. The audience was convinced that Glauco Paranaense's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octávio Moita was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Natanael Pinheiro kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Octávio Moita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raimundo Gonçalves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to SC Braga getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Hugo Pinheiro hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute, Raimundo Gonçalves 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. Octávio Moita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The supporters of CE LAJEADENSE RS booed when SC Braga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celso Belo didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to CE LAJEADENSE RS getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Natanael Pinheiro hit a great ball. Celso Belo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lauro Linhares having to make a save. In the 96th minute Raimundo Gonçalves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octávio Moita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SC Braga's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.