League

Bruno Lazzarini
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1460, VIP seats: 40) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Virgílio Soeiro started the match with the kick off. Gorino's Bruninho Moura played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Koehler in the 7th minute of play. Ernesto Araújo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgílio Soeiro in the 14th minute of the match. Bruninho Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrick Koehler, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, Gorino's Alexandre Vargas got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Patrick Koehler reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bruninho Moura. The goal made the score 1-1. The audience was convinced that Patrick Koehler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bruninho Moura was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Bruninho Moura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Koehler in the 35th minute of the match. With his leg Bruninho Moura managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when EE CARREIRA CRIATIVA's Patrick Koehler fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bruninho Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrick Koehler, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patrick Koehler stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Gorino's zone, Arnaldo Carneiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bruninho Moura came out of the goal and Arnaldo Carneiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. EE CARREIRA CRIATIVA's Ernesto Araújo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save EE CARREIRA CRIATIVA from getting a goal against them. Arnaldo Carneiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marco Paraibano got free with Ernesto Araújo in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 65th minute, Patrick Koehler ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruninho Moura was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. EE CARREIRA CRIATIVA's Ernesto Araújo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save EE CARREIRA CRIATIVA from getting a goal against them. In the 72nd minute, Alexandre Vargas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ernesto Araújo. The goal made the score 2-3. With his leg Ernesto Araújo managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Gorino's Marco Paraibano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Virgílio Soeiro hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Ernesto Araújo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marco Paraibano in the 81st minute. After a rather tough play, EE CARREIRA CRIATIVA's Percy Pombal got a free kick in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute Virgílio Soeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Araújo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute, Gorino's Virgílio Soeiro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ernesto Araújo. Ernesto Araújo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Gorino eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.