League

Estádio Jeru
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Felippe Couto took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Guga de Godoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Gremio FPA's zone, Guga de Godoi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roberto Arantes came out of the goal and Guga de Godoi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Gremio FPA's zone, Gilson Vander stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roberto Arantes came out of the goal and Gilson Vander tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Felippe Couto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agnaldo Sergipano was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 19th minute Felippe Couto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agnaldo Sergipano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Gilson Vander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gilson Vander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Caio Maia during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 36 played minutes Jeru SS got a freekick which was hit by Caio Maia. The audience was convinced that Felippe Couto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agnaldo Sergipano was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Bernardo Motta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agnaldo Sergipano having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gilson Vander to make the kick off. If Guga de Godoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 60 minutes into the game, Juninho Aguiar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gremio FPA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jeru SS the free kick. The supporters of Jeru SS booed when Gremio FPA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juninho Aguiar didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Bernardo Motta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 69 minutes, Gilson Vander managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jeru SS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gilson Vander was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roberto Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilson Vander in the 71st minute of play. After 73 played minutes, Jeru SS's Edu Catarinense shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Roberto Arantes came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Jeru SS reached it. Roberto Arantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilson Vander in the 77th minute of the match. If Gilson Vander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gremio FPA's Roberto Arantes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guga de Godoi in the 83rd minute of play. After 86 played minutes Jeru SS got a freekick which was hit by Ernesto Esteves. 91 minutes into the match, Gremio FPA's Felippe Couto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Agnaldo Sergipano narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Guga de Godoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Roberto Arantes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.