League

Estádio Arabela
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luiz Guilherme Diniz got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Delfim Velasco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kids Graça's supporters rose to their feet, but Delfim Velasco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cipriano Catarinense breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 6 minutes, Guilherme Cabral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kids Graça and the Arabela players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Kids Graça's Guilherme Cabral got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Válter Furtado in the 8th minute of play forced Kids Graça's goalkeeper José Paulo Couto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Guilherme Diniz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Paulo Couto read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. José Paulo Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Diniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. If Carlinhos Camargo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Válter Furtado kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Arabela's Válter Furtado got a free kick in the 28th minute. A collision led to Kids Graça getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Delfim Velasco hit a great ball. Nildo da Rocha struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Cipriano Catarinense didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kids Graça. In the 35th minute, Arabela's Luiz Guilherme Diniz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 40th minute Válter Furtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Paulo Couto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Lino Meirelles made a precise shot to the right of Cipriano Catarinense. Arabela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Cipriano Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romário Perez in the 45th minute of the match. Nildo da Rocha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nildo da Rocha to make the kick off. In the 58th minute, Gustavo Garcia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cipriano Catarinense was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. José Paulo Couto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Válter Furtado in the 62nd minute of play. After 67 minutes of play, Arabela's Luiz Guilherme Diniz made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Paulo Couto was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kids Graça's José Paulo Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Jacinto in the 74th minute of play. Kids Graça's José Paulo Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Guilherme Diniz in the 77th minute of play. 77 minutes into the game, Gustavo Garcia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kids Graça's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arabela the free kick. In the 78th minute, Gustavo Garcia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Romário Perez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Paulo Couto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Álvaro Souza in the 84th minute of the match. José Paulo Couto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Guilherme Diniz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Gustavo Garcia was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 86 minutes had been played. In the 87th match minute, Kids Graça was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustavo Garcia to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, Kids Graça's goal looked a bit too open when André Jacinto came free, but José Paulo Couto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Luiz Guilherme Diniz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Paulo Couto. Kids Graça's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luiz Guilherme Diniz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Nildo da Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Cipriano Catarinense tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Paulo Couto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luiz Guilherme Diniz went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score.