League

Iraci
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luiz Fernando Meira took the kick off in the first half of the match. Guga Ortiz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubens Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Antônio Carlos Salgado struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Delfim Monteiro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for EAGLES F. C.. Raúl Matos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Delfim Monteiro made a huge save. A collision led to União Cedrense FSCMZ getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Fabinho Motta hit a great ball. Delfim Monteiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dudu Hoffmann in the 20th minute of play. Raúl Matos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delfim Monteiro having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubens Santos in the 24th minute of play forced EAGLES F. C.'s goalkeeper Guga Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to União Cedrense FSCMZ getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Luiz Fernando Meira hit a great ball. União Cedrense FSCMZ's Delfim Monteiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save União Cedrense FSCMZ from getting a goal against them. Guga Ortiz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubens Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antônio Carlos Salgado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luiz Fernando Meira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Guga Ortiz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 54 minutes into the game, when Túlio Peres put in a rough tackle. The crowd rose to their feet as Luiz Fernando Meira kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Guga Ortiz. That made the score 0-1 in the 59 minute of play. Telmo Matos might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Guga Ortiz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Telmo Matos ran back to his position shaking his head. Guga Ortiz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Valladares in the 77th minute of play. In the 83rd minute of the match Dudu Hoffmann shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Delfim Monteiro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antônio Carlos Salgado in the 88th minute of play forced União Cedrense FSCMZ's goalkeeper Delfim Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antônio Carlos Salgado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. União Cedrense FSCMZ were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over EAGLES F. C.'s much stronger midfield.