League

Mar
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Meninos da Vila's Hortêncio Mandrak started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Afonso Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Alves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gilson da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hortêncio Mandrak in the 4th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Meninos da Vila's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Alves came free, but Afonso Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 minutes, Otávio Lago mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Meninos da Vila and the BERTOLDO FUTEBOL CLUB players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th match minute, Meninos da Vila was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Otávio Lago to maneuver through the defense. Francisco Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Afonso Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15th minute, Hortêncio Mandrak 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 some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Cesinha Moreno managed to get in a good position for a shot. Meninos da Vila's supporters rose to their feet, but Cesinha Moreno was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gilson da Rocha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 20th minute Vitório Furtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afonso Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudinei Trancoso succeeded in the game's 24th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Afonso Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinei Trancoso in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Alves in the 36th minute of play forced Meninos da Vila's goalkeeper Afonso Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Otávio Lago hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Francisco Alves was the one to do the kick off. Igor de Andrade charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Igor de Andrade the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 53 played minutes Meninos da Vila got a freekick which was hit by Igor de Andrade. The supporters of BERTOLDO FUTEBOL CLUB booed when Meninos da Vila was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caetano Massa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Hortêncio Mandrak notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of BERTOLDO FUTEBOL CLUB's Gilson da Rocha. Gilson da Rocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 71st minute, Hortêncio Mandrak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gilson da Rocha was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After 75 played minutes BERTOLDO FUTEBOL CLUB got a freekick which was hit by José Carlos Martins. 76 minutes into the match, Meninos da Vila's Igor de Andrade broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Afonso Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Alves in the 83rd minute of the match. Afonso Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vito Neves in the 93rd minute of the match. 96 minutes into the game, Meninos da Vila's Cesinha Moreno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gilson da Rocha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Many of BERTOLDO FUTEBOL CLUB's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. BERTOLDO FUTEBOL CLUB may have spent more time on the ball, but Meninos da Vila were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.