League

Arena Nespol
Spectators: 6423 (Terracing: 5423, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 17 de Novembro's Marcelinho Cearense 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. Magno de Alcântara's late challenge caught a 17 de Novembro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Magno de Alcântara helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Nespol's Magno de Alcântara got a free kick in the 5th minute. Aírton Toledo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mathias Dantas in the 6th minute. 17 de Novembro's Aírton Toledo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save 17 de Novembro from getting a goal against them. Aírton Toledo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Erivaldo Neto showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. After 13 played minutes Nespol got a freekick which was hit by Ian Brito. Andrézinho Cavalcante sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcelinho Cearense kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After having played for 19 minutes, Erivaldo Neto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nespol's supporters crossed their fingers, but Erivaldo Neto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aírton Toledo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Dalmo Esteves. Luís Fábio de Andrade charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Fábio de Andrade the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st minute, Luís Fábio de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 23rd minute of the game. One of Nespol:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 17 de Novembro:s goal. Cristian Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelinho Cearense in the 28th minute of the match. Andrézinho Cavalcante sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Aírton Toledo made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Mathias Dantas sent off a good shot on target. Aírton Toledo made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Mathias Dantas sent off a good shot on target. Aírton Toledo made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Mathias Dantas sent off a good shot on target. After 47 minutes of play, Nespol's Mathias Dantas made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aírton Toledo was left in no man's land by his defense there! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

In the 54thth minute of the game Mathias Dantas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 17 de Novembro's Aírton Toledo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristian Guedes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelinho Cearense in the 57th minute of play. Erivaldo Neto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Aírton Toledo. 17 de Novembro's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Nespol booed when 17 de Novembro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrézinho Cavalcante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andrézinho Cavalcante hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, 17 de Novembro's Andrézinho Cavalcante got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute, Mathias Dantas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aírton Toledo was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Mathias Dantas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Aírton Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th match minute, Nespol was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erivaldo Neto to maneuver through the defense. Robinho Vasconcelos charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robinho Vasconcelos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 79th minute, Robinho Vasconcelos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute, Luís Fábio de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcelinho Cearense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristian Guedes having to interfere.