League

Lavajinha
Spectators: 7300 (Terracing: 5477, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 145) Eriberto Sousa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Waldemar Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Lavajinha SS's Bernardinho Rodrigues got a free kick in the 10th minute. Giuseppe Dante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto Sousa in the 15th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Lavajinha SS's Remo Gonçalves ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind José Carlos Cardozo. José Carlos Cardozo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Waldemar Nuness short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got José Carlos Cardozo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 32 played minutes, Lavajinha SS's Thomás da Silva shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper José Carlos Cardozo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lavajinha SS reached it. Giuseppe Dante didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eriberto Sousa went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Antônio Carlos Mangueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Koepsel EC's supporters rose to their feet, but Antônio Carlos Mangueira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giuseppe Dante breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Lavajinha SS getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Valdemar de Senna hit a great ball.

The wind increased when Waldemar Nunes made the kick off in the second half. José Carlos Cardozo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remo Gonçalves in the 54th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Lavajinha SS defense, Antônio Carlos Mangueira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giuseppe Dante. The Lavajinha SS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giuseppe Dante should have stopped the shot. José Carlos Cardozo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erivaldo Vaz in the 60th minute of play. Durval Dias's late challenge caught a Lavajinha SS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Durval Dias helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute, Durval Dias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erivaldo Vaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. Franklin do Valle hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the game, Lavajinha SS's Remo Gonçalves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Carlos Cardozo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in Koepsel EC's zone, Erivaldo Vaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Carlos Cardozo came out of the goal and Erivaldo Vaz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. José Carlos Cardozo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remo Gonçalves in the 81st minute of the match. Remo Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. Jano de Alcântara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. José Carlos Cardozo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Waldemar Nunes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Carlos Cardozo was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Lavajinha SS players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.