League

Gigante Esmeralda
Spectators: 7250 (Terracing: 5439, Seating: 1667, VIP seats: 144) Betinho Paulista started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Itanhem SS getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Kléber Dionísio hit a great ball. Telmo Baiano struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. José Paulo Camargo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Palestra Itália. In the 5th minute, Telmo Baiano 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. In the 6th minute, Luís Fábio de Carvalho 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 a rather tough play, Palestra Itália's Mário Tinoco got a free kick in the 9th minute. Waldir Sarmento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raí da Mata having to interfere. Luís Fábio de Carvalho succeeded in the game's 18th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. 23 minutes into the game, Kaká Sousa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Itanhem SS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Palestra Itália the free kick. In the 23rd minute, Kaká Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Palestra Itália's Joélson de Andrade couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 24th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Itanhem SS. Raí da Mata made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Betinho Paulista in the 30th minute of play. A collision led to Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Dudu Araújo hit a great ball. A collision led to Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Mário Tinoco hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the match, Palestra Itália's goal looked a bit too open when Waldir Sarmento came free, but Raí da Mata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raí da Mata showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waldir Sarmento, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. José Paulo Camargo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fábio de Carvalho in the 44th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luís Fábio de Carvalho was the one to do the kick off. Telmo Baiano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Paulo Camargo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Kaká Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Paulo Camargo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Telmo Baiano went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Raí da Mata stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Betinho Paulista's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Itanhem SS's Betinho Paulista got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Diamantino Lima hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Palestra Itália's Telmo Baiano got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Waldir Sarmento got free with Raí da Mata in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Palestra Itália's goalkeeper Raí da Mata, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of Palestra Itália:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Itanhem SS:s goal. When the match had been going on for 84 minutes, Itanhem SS's Rafa Leão got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Raí da Mata. Itanhem SS's Betinho Paulista managed to work through Palestra Itália's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Betinho Paulista dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Raí da Mata made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Waldir Sarmento sent off a good shot on target. Waldir Sarmento could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Raí da Mata made a huge save. In the 96th minute Telmo Baiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Paulo Camargo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.