League

Estádio Guaibinha
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 140) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Qian Lin Gang started the match with the kick off. ARGENTINO JNR's Damaso Rafel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejo Ferdinand in the 5th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 9 minutes into the game, when Ademir Vinhas put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Atibaia Raiders fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 8th minute. Penalty! Atibaia Raiders:s Juan Carlos Olave showed great skill when he stopped José Pedro Matos:s penalty. In the 12th minute Jorginho Freire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damaso Rafel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damaso Rafel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Túlio Maravilha in the 19th minute of the match. When Atibaia Raiders's Túlio Maravilha in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ARGENTINO JNR's goalie prevented a goal. In the 25th minute of the match Atibaia Raiders got a corner. ARGENTINO JNR's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luiz Camargo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Túlio Maravilha got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Damaso Rafel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Atibaia Raiders's Juan Carlos Olave proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Atibaia Raiders from getting a goal against them. Juan Carlos Olave showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qian Lin Gang, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. When Atibaia Raiders's Afonsinho Mesquita in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ARGENTINO JNR's goalie prevented a goal. In the 39th minute Atibaia Raiders were awarded a corner. Luiz Camargo went to the cornerflag to take it. 40 minutes into the game, Geraldo Goiano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARGENTINO JNR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Atibaia Raiders the free kick. The supporters of Atibaia Raiders booed when ARGENTINO JNR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Geraldo Goiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Damaso Rafel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonsinho Mesquita in the 47th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Túlio Maravilha made a kick off. Vladimir Amorim received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Damaso Rafel came out and tried to block the shot, but Vladimir Amorim slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 51st minute. After 56 minutes, Olavo Bastos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ARGENTINO JNR and the Atibaia Raiders players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th minute, Olavo Bastos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Vladimir Amorim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damaso Rafel was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. A collision led to Atibaia Raiders getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Afonsinho Mesquita hit a great ball. Juan Carlos Olave showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qian Lin Gang in the 61st minute of the match. Damaso Rafel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimir Amorim in the 62nd minute of play. With an all-out effort, Atibaia Raiders's Damaso Rafel threw himself towards the right post 65 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vladimir Amorim, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 65 played minutes ARGENTINO JNR got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Paulo Terra. Atibaia Raiders made a substitution. Diego Arantes replaced Ivo Cunha. When Qian Lin Gang came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the ARGENTINO JNR 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 Qian Lin Gang couldn't finish the play. 70 minutes into the match, ARGENTINO JNR's goalkeeper Damaso Rafel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Túlio Maravilha. Damaso Rafel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 78th minute Candido Uriondo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Carlos Olave saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atibaia Raiders were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after ARGENTINO JNR's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Diego Arantes took the corner. Atibaia Raiders's Luiz Camargo was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Damaso Rafel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luiz Camargo during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Atibaia Raiders getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Luiz Camargo hit a great ball. Candido Uriondo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Juan Carlos Olave tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Atibaia Raiders's Juan Carlos Olave played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qian Lin Gang in the 84th minute of play. Juan Carlos Olave made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qian Lin Gang in the 85th minute of play. Geraldo Goiano hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Atibaia Raiders's Diego Arantes shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 87th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Damaso Rafel but with some difficulty. José Pedro Matos kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. After 92 played minutes ARGENTINO JNR got a freekick which was hit by Geraldo Goiano. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Atibaia Raiders eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.