League

Salgado
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Baltazar Trevisan made the kick off which started today's match. Ivo Antunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romário Vergílio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Palmeiras getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Remo Sena hit a great ball. After 13 minutes of play, Palmeiras's Ulisses de Senna made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivo Antunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 17th match minute, Palmeiras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remo Sena to maneuver through the defense. Romário Vergílio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Ivo Antunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of FENIX FC booed when Palmeiras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Mineiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ediberto Figueiredo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vítor Prata firmly grabbed it by the left post. Geraldo Rezende charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Geraldo Rezende the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Geraldo Rezende hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. When Ulisses de Senna came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Palmeiras 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 Ulisses de Senna couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in FENIX FC's zone, Ulisses de Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivo Antunes came out of the goal and Ulisses de Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Palmeiras's Romário Vergílio got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Romário Vergílio made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Baltazar Trevisan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vítor Prata was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Ulisses de Senna might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ivo Antunes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ulisses de Senna ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Palmeiras getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Remo Sena hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the match, FENIX FC's goal looked a bit too open when Romário Vergílio came free, but Ivo Antunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Romário Vergílio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ivo Antunes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edu Catarinense in the 69th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ulisses de Senna got free with Ivo Antunes in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Geraldo Rezende was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 71 minutes had been played. Geraldo Rezende kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 74th match minute, FENIX FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edson Trancoso to maneuver through the defense. When Benê Mendonça fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palmeiras's protests and gave Benê Mendonça a yellow card for diving instead. Ulisses de Senna's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ivo Antunes firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Romário Vergílio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ulisses de Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Antunes having to interfere. Romário Vergílio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ulisses de Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Antunes having to interfere. Palmeiras played a much better game than FENIX FC and deserved their victory. The FENIX FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.