League

Imperial
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5738, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ricardinho Dantas made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes of play, Wellington Phoenix's 詹俊 á Bø made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Nejat Özertem was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ricardinho Dantass short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Luiz Paulo Mazza to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 18 minutes into the game, Manoel Alagoano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Wellington Phoenix's 詹俊 á Bø quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Wellington Phoenix's Luiz Paulo Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardinho Dantas in the 20th minute of play. Colombo A.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lauro Neiva in the 21st minute. A sloppy throw-in by Giovani Mendes in the 24th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Wellington Phoenix's Horácio Pedroso. Ali Nejat Özertem came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Wellington Phoenix's 詹俊 á Bø. But to his dismay, 詹俊 á Bø quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Michal Burufski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 32 minutes, Ricardinho Dantas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Colombo A.C. and the Wellington Phoenix players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Wellington Phoenix booed when Colombo A.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardinho Dantas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricardinho Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luiz Paulo Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardinho Dantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Wellington Phoenix's Horácio Pedroso quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Manoel Alagoano, made in the 44th minute of the game.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 詹俊 á Bø stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Colombo A.C. made a substitution. Aitor Cintron replaced Lauro Neiva. Colombo A.C. made a substitution. Oséas Camargo replaced Alfredo Meireles. In the 74th minute, Ricardinho Dantas made a precise shot to the right of Luiz Paulo Mazza. Wellington Phoenix's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. 78 minutes into the match, Colombo A.C.'s goalkeeper Ali Nejat Özertem had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 詹俊 á Bø. In the 84th minute Michal Burufski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Paulo Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute, Tadeu Zonta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wellington Phoenix's Luiz Paulo Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aitor Cintron in the 89th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aitor Cintron in the 90th minute of play forced Wellington Phoenix's goalkeeper Luiz Paulo Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Ricardinho Dantas made a precise shot to the right of Luiz Paulo Mazza. Wellington Phoenix's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3.