League

Estádio do Canaveral
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) 3 minutes into the game, Itaci's Luís Paulo Favoretto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Víktor de Souza made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Víktor de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Paulo Favoretto, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Bernardinho Pena scored 0-2 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Víktor de Souza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Víktor de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naldo Mello in the 12th minute of play. If Bernardinho Pena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Víktor de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Paulo Favoretto, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Meirelles in the 20th minute of play forced Desportivo Apollo XIII's goalkeeper Víktor de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eduardo Vianna's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 21stth minute, Marcelo Donatello skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Víktor de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Meirelles in the 24th minute of the match. Víktor de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauro Meirelles, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. When Caio Machado fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Desportivo Apollo XIII's protests and gave Caio Machado a yellow card for diving instead. Bernardinho Pena scored 0-4 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Víktor de Souza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Víktor de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardinho Pena, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Itaci's Marcelo Donatello proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Itaci from getting a goal against them. Víktor de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Paulo Favoretto in the 36th minute of play. Desportivo Apollo XIII's Eduardo Vianna got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Caio Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Donatello having to interfere. Válbson Toscano hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Víktor de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Meirelles in the 46th minute of the match. 48 minutes into the game, Desportivo Apollo XIII's Eduardo Vianna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelo Donatello made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mauro Meirelles to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Itaci's Luís Paulo Favoretto got a free kick in the 56th minute. Víktor de Souza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mauro Meirelles in the 61st minute. Víktor de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Paulo Favoretto in the 62nd minute of play. After 64 played minutes Luís Paulo Favoretto rounded Desportivo Apollo XIII's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Vianna in the 69th minute of play forced Itaci's goalkeeper Marcelo Donatello to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Caio Machado was shown his second yellow card after 72 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Caio Machado hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. When Bernardinho Pena fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Itaci's protests and gave Bernardinho Pena a yellow card for diving instead. In the 74th match minute, Itaci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardinho Pena to maneuver through the defense. In the 75th minute, Naldo Mello fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The supporters of Desportivo Apollo XIII booed when Itaci was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mauro Meirelles didn't get a good kick on the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Desportivo Apollo XIII's goal looked a bit too open when Mauro Meirelles came free, but Víktor de Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Víktor de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Meirelles in the 82nd minute of the match. Víktor de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Meirelles in the 84th minute of play. When Luís Paulo Favoretto was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 85 minutes had been played. In the 85th match minute, Itaci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Paulo Favoretto to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 87 minutes, Chiquinho Fantini managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Desportivo Apollo XIII's supporters crossed their fingers, but Chiquinho Fantini was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bernardinho Pena was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 89th minute. Itaci's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Itaci walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.