League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dadá Donato took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd match minute, Jacus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dadá Donato to maneuver through the defense. Dário Ramalho scored 1-0 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tião Nunes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Ediberto Albuquerque took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Tião Nunes to make any attempt to save it. After 21 played minutes Jacus got a freekick which was hit by Murillo Esteves. After a rather tough play, Jacus's Hélder Negri got a free kick in the 31st minute. Tião Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ediberto Albuquerque in the 38th minute of the match. Naldo Alvarenga hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Dário Ramalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tião Nunes having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ediberto Albuquerque to make the kick off. The supporters of Santos FC booed when Jacus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexsandro Hermes didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute Dário Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tião Nunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute of the match Geovânio Rezende shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tião Nunes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 79th minute Ediberto Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tião Nunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, Erik Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Naldo Alvarenga took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tião Nunes. Tião Nunes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ediberto Albuquerque in the 91st minute of play forced Jacus's goalkeeper Tião Nunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Naldo Alvarenga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tião Nunes came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Santos FC's Ediberto Albuquerque. But to his dismay, Ediberto Albuquerque quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. There was no doubt that Santos FC were the better team. Santos FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.