League

Gillete Stadium
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) In the 3rd minute, Tiaguinho Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to New England Patriots getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Ricardinho Macedo hit a great ball. In the 12th minute, Gustavo Cordeiro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Raimundo Sena. The goal made the score 1-0. Gerrit Hardering showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiaguinho Alcântara, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Raimundo Sena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gustavo Cordeiro's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. When Nelson da Mata came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the New England Patriots 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 Nelson da Mata couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in New England Patriots's zone, Andrézinho Correia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gerrit Hardering came out of the goal and Andrézinho Correia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Biruleibe FC's Edgar de Castro got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, New England Patriots's Gustavo Cordeiro dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Raimundo Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Gerrit Hardering took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabinho Araújo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, New England Patriots's William de Amaral got a free kick in the 40th minute. Nelson da Mata charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nelson da Mata the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to New England Patriots getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Nelson da Mata hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabinho Araújo made a kick off. In the 67th minute, Nelson da Mata 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Nelson da Mata managed to get in a good position for a shot. New England Patriots's supporters rose to their feet, but Nelson da Mata was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raimundo Sena breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, New England Patriots's William de Amaral got a free kick in the 79th minute. Fabinho Araújo kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After 96 played minutes New England Patriots got a freekick which was hit by Abtin Torabi. New England Patriots's Gerrit Hardering proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save New England Patriots from getting a goal against them.