League

Arena Sao Carlos
Spectators: 6650 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Buritama Sport Club's Olívio de Lima 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Olívio de Lima during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Olívio de Lima hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. When João Paulo Neiva fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Buritama Sport Club's protests and gave João Paulo Neiva a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Red BuL Sao Carlos booed when Buritama Sport Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Paulo Neiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fernandinho Fernandez was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 4th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paulinho Cunha in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paulo de Godoi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Buritama Sport Club getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Tales Moreira hit a great ball. A collision led to Red BuL Sao Carlos getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Bertil Gustafsson hit a great ball. If Laércio Tepedino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 21st minute, Buritama Sport Club's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cipriano Vieira fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Paulo de Godoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laércio Tepedino, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Laércio Tepedino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Paulo de Godoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Red BuL Sao Carlos's Paulinho Cunha got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paulinho Cunha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Paulo de Godoi made a huge save. Paulo de Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio Tepedino in the 45th minute of the match. Paulinho Cunha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo de Godoi having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paulinho Cunha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Laércio Tepedino made a precise shot to the right of Paulo de Godoi. Buritama Sport Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Kauã Sá received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Paulo de Godoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Buritama Sport Club defense, Paulinho Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulo de Godoi. The Buritama Sport Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulo de Godoi should have stopped the shot. Paulinho Cunha took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paulo de Godoi. Paulo de Godoi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. In the 74th match minute, Buritama Sport Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrézinho de Almeida to maneuver through the defense. Lino Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. If Laércio Tepedino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Buritama Sport Club's Tales Moreira got a free kick in the 83rd minute. If Laércio Tepedino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paulo de Godoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulinho Cunha in the 89th minute of play. Paulo de Godoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulinho Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Buritama Sport Club's Paulo de Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kauã Sá in the 94th minute of play. After having played for 96 minutes, Alexsandro Guedes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red BuL Sao Carlos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexsandro Guedes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Red BuL Sao Carlos's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.