League

Tertuliano
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Timbu EC's Adan Burutzagi 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. João Vítor Jacinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Raimundo Miliano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Durvalino Tepedino notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Tertuliano's Ivo Ferraz. Ivo Ferraz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 10 played minutes Tertuliano got a freekick which was hit by Fabiano Cardoso. When João Vítor Jacinto came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Tertuliano 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 João Vítor Jacinto couldn't finish the play. Tertuliano's João Vítor Jacinto got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zé Augusto Sanches's late challenge caught a Tertuliano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zé Augusto Sanches helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Tertuliano booed when Timbu EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Augusto Sanches didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Timbu EC booed when Tertuliano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rômulo Prestes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Timbu EC's Durvalino Tepedino was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ivo Ferraz in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Fabiano Cardoso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raimundo Miliano was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. After 46 minutes of play, Timbu EC's Adan Burutzagi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivo Ferraz was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fabiano Cardoso was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Tertuliano booed when Timbu EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Durvalino Tepedino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benjamim Vieira hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After 65 played minutes Timbu EC got a freekick which was hit by Benjamim Vieira. Raimundo Miliano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Ferreira in the 69th minute of the match. João Vítor Jacinto struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Raimundo Miliano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tertuliano. Tertuliano's João Pedro Medeiros got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Timbu EC's Károly Vörös slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ivo Ferraz. That made the score 0-3 after 80 minutes of play. Tertuliano's João Vítor Jacinto got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Timbu EC made a substitution. Danilo Lima replaced Zé Augusto Sanches. After a rather tough play, Timbu EC's Danilo Lima got a free kick in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute, João Vítor Jacinto 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. After 93 minutes of play, Tertuliano's João Pedro Medeiros made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raimundo Miliano was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 96th minute Fabiano Cardoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimundo Miliano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Timbu EC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.