League

Mundial Arena
Spectators: 7231 (Terracing: 5425, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leopoldo Mineiro got the match started through his kick off. Téo de Carvalho scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Humberto Massa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Leopoldo Mineiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Humberto Massa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcinho Couto in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC BARCELONA's Téo de Carvalho got a free kick in the 25th minute. If Rubinho dos Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gláuber Reis's late challenge caught a Jaya F.C - standy by's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gláuber Reis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th match minute, FC BARCELONA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gláuber Reis to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Rubinho dos Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgílio Vergílio was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 35th minute, Marcinho Couto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Humberto Massa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. When Marcinho Couto came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the FC BARCELONA 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 Marcinho Couto couldn't finish the play. FC BARCELONA's Leopoldo Mineiro suffered a sore thigh after 48 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Falcão Furlan charged in rather forcefully in the 48th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Falcão Furlan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

FC BARCELONA's Virgílio Vergílio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rubinho dos Santos in the 58th minute of play. If Marcinho Couto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anselmo de Queirós during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 70th minute, Anselmo de Queirós hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rubinho dos Santos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 85 minutes into the match, Jaya F.C - standy by's goalkeeper Humberto Massa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcinho Couto. In the 86th match minute, Jaya F.C - standy by was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Guedes to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the game, FC BARCELONA's Marcinho Couto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Humberto Massa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Virgílio Vergílio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rubinho dos Santos went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Rubinho dos Santos took the ball and in the 98 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Virgílio Vergílio. Virgílio Vergílio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.