League

Estádio Castrolandia
Spectators: 7198 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luiz Guilherme Barreto took the kick off in the first half of the match. Benjamin Porto hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Ronaldão Santos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ivo Carioca. Palmeiras Gude's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ivo Carioca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josué Vidal in the 11th minute of the match. Fernandão da Mata charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fernandão da Mata the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's Fernandão da Mata got a free kick in the 13th minute. After having played for 16 minutes, Luisão de Sena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luisão de Sena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Josué Vidal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Carioca having to interfere. A collision led to Palmeiras Gude getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Luiz Guilherme Barreto hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the game, 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's Luisão de Sena nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ivo Carioca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When Nuno Trigo fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's protests and gave Nuno Trigo a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's Nuno Trigo got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Ronaldo Simões charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ronaldo Simões the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 26th minute, Ronaldo Simões hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th match minute, Palmeiras Gude was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Narciso Luz to maneuver through the defense. When Josué Vidal got free in front of the goal in the 29th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Ivo Carioca was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. After 37 played minutes Palmeiras Gude got a freekick which was hit by Marquinhos Valladares. After the first half 1º de Maio Futebol Clube were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Josué Vidal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marquinhos Valladares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Víktor Marques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Palmeiras Gude's Ivo Carioca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Palmeiras Gude from getting a goal against them. In the 57th minute Sidnei Pereira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Carioca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th match minute, Palmeiras Gude was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Guilherme Barreto to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Sidnei Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Sidnei Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivo Carioca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 63 minutes of play, 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's Luisão de Sena 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 Carioca was left in no man's land by his defense there! 1º de Maio Futebol Clube's Luisão de Sena came free and shot a quick shot against goal 67 minutes in the game, fortunately Ivo Carioca had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Wágner Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Víktor Marques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Víktor Marques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wágner Lara in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the game, Benjamin Porto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palmeiras Gude's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 1º de Maio Futebol Clube the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of Palmeiras Gude:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 1º de Maio Futebol Clube:s goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Josué Vidal during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Palmeiras Gude's goalkeeper Ivo Carioca, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ivo Carioca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidnei Pereira in the 96th minute of play. Josué Vidal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Ivo Carioca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 1º de Maio Futebol Clube played a much better game than Palmeiras Gude and deserved their victory. The Palmeiras Gude players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.