League

Castanhão
Spectators: 8051 (Terracing: 6039, Seating: 1852, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Walmyr Salles started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Alfredo Stefano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcos Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Stefano in the 8th minute of the match. Alfredo Stefano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marcos Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Stefano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Castanheiro SC's Tales Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rubens Cabral in the 14th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Castanheiro SC's goal looked a bit too open when Dario Alegría came free, but Tales Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AVAÍ F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luiz Pombal in the 21st minute. Doriva Leão's late challenge caught a Castanheiro SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Doriva Leão helped the player get up and apologised. After 21 played minutes AVAÍ F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Doriva Leão. In the 23rd minute Alfredo Stefano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tales Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dario Alegría, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Castanheiro SC's Alfredo Stefano in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AVAÍ F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Marcos Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Stefano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th match minute, AVAÍ F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Innocenzio Corales to maneuver through the defense. Tales Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Sági in the 33rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dario Alegría's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tales Brito was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Innocenzio Corales made in the 37th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ivory Gunn however managed to control. AVAÍ F.C.'s Marcos Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Stefano in the 40th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alfredo Stefano to strike the kick off in the second half. Alex Sági fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tales Brito having to interfere. 61 minutes into the match, Alfredo Stefano notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of AVAÍ F.C.'s Marcos Buffon. Marcos Buffon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. AVAÍ F.C.'s Claus Van De Wiele was substituted for Dario Alegría. A sloppy throw-in by Innocenzio Corales in the 65th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Castanheiro SC's José Pedro Carneiro. In the 66th minute, Alfredo Stefano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Buffon was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Alfredo Stefano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marcos Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo Stefano, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 84th match minute, AVAÍ F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tarcisio Chaves to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the match, AVAÍ F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Stefano came free, but Marcos Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Castanheiro SC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of AVAÍ F.C. for a fine match.