League

Orlando Stadium
Spectators: 5829 (Terracing: 4001, Seating: 1683, VIP seats: 145) José Pedro Quirino got in the 8th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but José Pedro de Mendonça handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. César Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dedê Alves in the 13th minute of the match. Doriva Mota received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. César Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. César Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doriva Mota, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. César Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dedê Alves in the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Orlando Pirates's goal looked a bit too open when Doriva Mota came free, but César Duarte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Dedê Alves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Doriva Mota had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dedê Alves in the 39th minute of play forced Orlando Pirates's goalkeeper César Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Doriva Mota fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without César Duarte having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Doriva Mota to make the kick off. Wiliam Vieira hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. When OsCaneleiros's Doriva Mota in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Orlando Pirates's goalie prevented a goal. In the 56th minute, Caetano Medeiros 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 64thth minute of the game Doriva Mota who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orlando Pirates's César Duarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Orlando Pirates's Fellipe Carioca got a free kick in the 66th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Orlando Pirates's zone, Nilmar Lara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. César Duarte came out of the goal and Nilmar Lara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dedê Alves kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Orlando Pirates's César Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doriva Mota in the 80th minute of play. After having played for 82 minutes, Nilmar Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. OsCaneleiros's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nilmar Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Doriva Mota's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but César Duarte was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as OsCaneleiros's Doriva Mota slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of César Duarte. That made the score 1-1 after 88 minutes of play. The supporters of OsCaneleiros booed when Orlando Pirates was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogo Azevedo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doriva Mota in the 93rd minute of play forced Orlando Pirates's goalkeeper César Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Orlando Pirates's Diogo Azevedo got a free kick in the 94th minute. César Duarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doriva Mota, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dedê Alves succeeded in the game's 96th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. When the match was over OsCaneleiros could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Orlando Pirates throughout the match.