League

Estádio Verdes
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arlindo Lima started the match with the kick off. Igor Magalhães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Vivaldo Motta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Magno Prado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vivaldo Motta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Medeiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Tomás Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Vivaldo Motta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the game, Piracuruca's Tomás Medeiros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vivaldo Motta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Tomás Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Vivaldo Motta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomás Medeiros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tomás Medeiros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Vivaldo Mangueira came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Piracuruca 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 Vivaldo Mangueira couldn't finish the play. Vivaldo Motta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William Cardoso in the 33rd minute of the match. Caetano Cerezo kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Tomás Medeiros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Agnaldo Meira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Magno Prado, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. The audience was convinced that Tomás Medeiros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vivaldo Motta was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Vivaldo Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kléber Moreno in the 58th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Tomás Medeiros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vivaldo Motta was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Vivaldo Mangueira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vivaldo Motta having to make a save. With his leg Vivaldo Motta managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Piracuruca's Tomás Medeiros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 67th minute, Piracuruca's Vivaldo Mangueira ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vivaldo Motta. Vivaldo Motta yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. In the 72nd minute, Piracuruca's Vivaldo Mangueira ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vivaldo Motta. Vivaldo Motta yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. Tomás Medeiros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Vivaldo Motta made a huge save. Vivaldo Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kléber Moreno in the 77th minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Vivaldo Mangueira 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. Vivaldo Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kléber Moreno in the 86th minute of play. Arlindo Lima recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Piracuruca played a much better game than Verdes SS and deserved their victory. The Verdes SS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.