League

Parc des Princes
Spectators: 7187 (Terracing: 5424, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Otávio Paiva took the kick off in the first half of the match. Luiz Eduardo de Amaral charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Eduardo de Amaral the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of MONTES CLAROS F. C. booed when Paris Saint Germain was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Váldson de Barros didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Enéas Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 12thth minute of the game Otávio Paiva who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paris Saint Germain's Faustão da Silva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 14th minute, Enéas Machado 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. Enéas Machado 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. In the 17th match minute, Paris Saint Germain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Osmar Dracena to maneuver through the defense. Faustão da Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Paiva in the 18th minute of the match. Paris Saint Germain's Faustão da Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enéas Machado in the 19th minute of play. If Enéas Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 25 minutes of play, MONTES CLAROS F. C.'s Otávio Paiva made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Faustão da Silva was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 29th minute Enéas Machado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Faustão da Silva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nildo Siqueira struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Faustão da Silva didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MONTES CLAROS F. C.. If Otávio Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dagoberto Sabóia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Raúl Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dudu Magalhães to make the kick off. João Sá's late challenge caught a Paris Saint Germain's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. João Sá helped the player get up and apologised. João Sá hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Mateus Melo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Otávio Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Faustão da Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Otávio Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 66th minute of the match, Otávio Paiva tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Faustão da Silva saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A nice corner shot did that André Luiz Cearense got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raúl Sousa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 74 minutes, Enéas Machado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MONTES CLAROS F. C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Enéas Machado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Paris Saint Germain's zone, Otávio Paiva stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faustão da Silva came out of the goal and Otávio Paiva tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Otávio Paiva in the 78th minute of play forced Paris Saint Germain's goalkeeper Faustão da Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enéas Machado got free with Faustão da Silva in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dudu Magalhães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Raúl Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Otávio Paiva in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Faustão da Silva saved Paris Saint Germain from getting behind. In the 91st match minute, Paris Saint Germain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Osmar Dracena to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the game, Aníbal de Amaral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Paris Saint Germain's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MONTES CLAROS F. C. the free kick. After a rather tough play, Paris Saint Germain's Aníbal de Amaral got a free kick in the 95th minute. Jean Maranhense made a great header on MONTES CLAROS F. C.'s corner, it was just that Paris Saint Germain's Faustão da Silva managed to reach the ball for a save. When the match was over MONTES CLAROS F. C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Paris Saint Germain throughout the match.