League

Birmingham
Spectators: 7384 (Terracing: 5539, Seating: 1698, VIP seats: 147) An unexpectedly hard shot by César Saraiva in the 3rd minute of play forced Fortaleza FA's goalkeeper Ciro Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 5 minutes, André Luiz de Lima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Peaky Blinders's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Luiz de Lima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. André Luiz de Lima charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed André Luiz de Lima the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ciro Ramalho was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but César Saraiva showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Conrado Monteiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivo Diniz. Peaky Blinders's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Conrado Monteiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 16 minutes into the game, César Saraiva cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Ciro Ramalho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Fortaleza FA's zone, André Luiz de Lima stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ciro Ramalho came out of the goal and André Luiz de Lima tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The Peaky Blinders fans' excitement grew in the 24th match minute when Peaky Blinders's César Saraiva looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. André Luiz de Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Ciro Ramalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Fortaleza FA's goal looked a bit too open when André Luiz de Lima came free, but Ciro Ramalho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Peaky Blinders's Ciro Ramalho threw himself towards the right post 37 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from André Luiz de Lima, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. André Luiz de Lima succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-1 in the 37th playminute. Conrado Monteiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Olívio Tepedino made the kick off in the second half. Ciro Ramalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Saraiva in the 54th minute of play. Luís Veiga hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. André Luiz de Lima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Ramalho having to interfere. In the 64th minute César Saraiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peaky Blinders made a substitution. Dedê Salgado replaced César Saraiva. 70 minutes into the match, André Luiz de Lima notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Fortaleza FA's Ciro Ramalho. Ciro Ramalho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Luiz de Lima in the 75th minute of play forced Fortaleza FA's goalkeeper Ciro Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Peaky Blinders booed when Fortaleza FA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismael Arruda didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute of the match André Luiz de Lima shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ciro Ramalho showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 78 minutes into the game, Peaky Blinders's Dedê Salgado nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ciro Ramalho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-1. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 8-1 when Dedê Salgado sped through Fortaleza FA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ciro Ramalho. The audience cheered loudly when Alexandre Severo's long shot in the 86th minute became 8-2 when the ball went to the left of and passed Ivo Diniz. Ciro Ramalho didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Peaky Blinders's Dedê Salgado shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-2 in the ordered_time% minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Peaky Blinders fully deserved thier win.