League

Tranquera
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hortêncio Bueno started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Rodolfo de Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerson de Sousa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Gustavo Neto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hortêncio Bueno in the 7th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Alhandra's goal looked a bit too open when Hortêncio Bueno came free, but Luís Gustavo Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerson de Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guto Eger in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Tranquera's goal looked a bit too open when Rodolfo de Almeida came free, but Gerson de Sousa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerson de Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodolfo de Almeida in the 15th minute of play. After 16 played minutes Tranquera got a freekick which was hit by Gerrit Bernwalder. Gerson de Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian de Senna in the 17th minute of play. Rui Nunes kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Bernardinho Vides ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerson de Sousa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Hortêncio Bueno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dida Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Gerson de Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 28 minutes into the game, Dida Moura cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Gerson de Sousa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gerson de Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilton Cordeiro in the 33rd minute of play. Alhandra's Nilton Cordeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Nilton Cordeiro notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Tranquera's Gerson de Sousa. Gerson de Sousa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo de Almeida in the 39th minute of play forced Tranquera's goalkeeper Gerson de Sousa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Alhandra getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Fabinho Lopez hit a great ball. The supporters of Tranquera booed when Alhandra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodolfo de Almeida didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 48thth minute of the game Hortêncio Bueno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alhandra's Luís Gustavo Neto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dida Moura to strike the kick off in the second half. Guto Eger recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 56th match minute, Alhandra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabinho Lopez to maneuver through the defense. 58 minutes into the match, Tranquera's goalkeeper Gerson de Sousa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guto Eger. In the 59th minute, Rui Nunes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Gustavo Neto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hortêncio Bueno in the 61st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Alhandra's Dida Moura slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gerson de Sousa. That made the score 0-4 after 63 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Alhandra's Christian de Senna got a free kick in the 68th minute. Guto Eger hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. After 84 played minutes, Tranquera's Glauco da Silva shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luís Gustavo Neto came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tranquera reached it. In the 84th match minute, Alhandra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guto Eger to maneuver through the defense. When Tranquera's Hortêncio Bueno in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alhandra's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Tranquera booed when Alhandra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guto Eger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tranquera's Gerson de Sousa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guto Eger in the 94th minute of play. Alhandra's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.