League

Nathalia
Spectators: 7050 (Terracing: 5425, Seating: 1612, VIP seats: 13) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marco Romero took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to E.C. XVI De Março getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Fred Netto hit a great ball. Geovânio Luz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as E.C. XVI De Março's Humberto de Azevedo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vitinho Aparecido. That made the score 1-1 after 20 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Romero in the 25th minute of play forced E.C. XVI De Março's goalkeeper Acácio Falcão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Acácio Falcão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar Veiga in the 28th minute of the match. Gilmar Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Grêmio PX's Marco Romero in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye E.C. XVI De Março's goalie prevented a goal. Grêmio PX's Marco Romero got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humberto de Azevedo in the 46th minute of play forced Grêmio PX's goalkeeper Vitinho Aparecido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Humberto de Azevedo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vitinho Aparecido was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Humberto de Azevedo to make the kick off. Humberto de Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitinho Aparecido having to interfere. Vitinho Aparecido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovânio Luz in the 61st minute of the match. Vitinho Aparecido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Humberto de Azevedo in the 69th minute of the match. Pedrão Vale hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Vitinho Aparecido stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Humberto de Azevedo's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. In the 75th minute, Marco Romero reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Acácio Falcão. The goal made the score 2-2. Gilmar Veiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Acácio Falcão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fred Netto hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute of the match Grêmio PX got a corner. E.C. XVI De Março's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vítor Capixaba ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Vítor Capixaba almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but E.C. XVI De Março's Acácio Falcão did a great save. In the 88th minute Geovânio Luz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitinho Aparecido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 minutes, Humberto de Azevedo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the E.C. XVI De Março and the Grêmio PX players grew even worse after the yellow card. Humberto de Azevedo hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Acácio Falcão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Romero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, E.C. XVI De Março's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Romero came free, but Acácio Falcão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 97 minutes into the game, one of E.C. XVI De Março:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The Grêmio PX players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.