League

Estádio Cobe
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's Tiaguinho Soeiro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jacinto Mesquita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiaguinho Soeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Manfred Låsberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tony de Barros's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. 8 minutes into the game, Marquinhos Baiano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Manfred Låsberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiaguinho Soeiro in the 14th minute of play forced Cobe SC's goalkeeper Jacinto Mesquita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 19 minutes, Dedé Mello managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dedé Mello was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 23rd minute, Hamdullah Olgunsoy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S.E.R Mergulhão - RS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. When Hamdullah Olgunsoy came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the S.E.R Mergulhão - RS 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 Hamdullah Olgunsoy couldn't finish the play. 28 minutes into the match, S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's goal looked a bit too open when Tony de Barros came free, but Manfred Låsberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamdullah Olgunsoy in the 35th minute of play forced Cobe SC's goalkeeper Jacinto Mesquita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's attentive Zekai Tefhim managed to snatch the ball when Erik Vargas made a throw-in in the 36th minute of the game. Eugênio Saraiva hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After 44 minutes of play, S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's Tiaguinho Soeiro made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacinto Mesquita was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jacinto Mesquita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dedé Mello went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tony de Barros to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Tiaguinho Soeiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Jacinto Mesquita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tiaguinho Soeiro got free with Jacinto Mesquita in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 63rd minute, Tiaguinho Soeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S.E.R Mergulhão - RS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Jacinto Mesquita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hamdullah Olgunsoy in the 66th minute. After having played for 70 minutes, Hamdullah Olgunsoy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hamdullah Olgunsoy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tony de Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, S.E.R Mergulhão - RS's Jacinto Mesquita threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zekai Tefhim, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jacinto Mesquita was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Tiaguinho Soeiro capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tiaguinho Soeiro really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. In the 82nd minute of the match Claudinho de Lima sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Manfred Låsberg skillfully saved the ball. With a little luck, Cobe SC's Jacinto Mesquita got control of the ball when Durval Arantes tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th match minute, S.E.R Mergulhão - RS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haroldo Brasil to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the match, Cobe SC's goalkeeper Jacinto Mesquita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tiaguinho Soeiro. Manfred Låsberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony de Barros in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded S.E.R Mergulhão - RS left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cobe SC.