League

Estádio Abacaxy
Spectators: 7045 (Terracing: 5420, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) Matutina's Natanael de Sousa 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. Dinei das Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Luiz Lopez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik de Alcântara, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, GORDUCHINHA F.C.'s Nando do Valle got a free kick in the 12th minute. When Natanael de Sousa came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Matutina 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 Natanael de Sousa couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Natanael de Sousa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Cerezo was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Marcus Cerezo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thiago Trancoso went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Natanael de Sousa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Marcus Cerezo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot by Giuseppe Ceresso from long distance, 28 minutes into the match, got Pedro Luiz Lopez's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. GORDUCHINHA F.C.'s Marcus Cerezo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natanael de Sousa in the 31st minute of play. With a little luck, Matutina's Pedro Luiz Lopez got control of the ball when Didi Penha tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the GORDUCHINHA F.C. defense, Dinei das Neves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcus Cerezo. The GORDUCHINHA F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcus Cerezo should have stopped the shot. In the 43rd minute, Natanael de Sousa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dinei das Neves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Cerezo having to interfere.

The wind increased when Erik de Alcântara made the kick off in the second half. If Nelsinho Ferraz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Natanael de Sousa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Marcus Cerezo made a huge save. In the 76thth minute of the game Natanael de Sousa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GORDUCHINHA F.C.'s Marcus Cerezo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marcus Cerezo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natanael de Sousa in the 81st minute of the match. Nando do Valle charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nando do Valle the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 85th minute, Dinei das Neves fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Natanael de Sousa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Marcus Cerezo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Matutina's Natanael de Sousa in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye GORDUCHINHA F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 95th minute Natanael de Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Cerezo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The GORDUCHINHA F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Matutina were clearly better and deserved to take the win.