League

Sapora
Spectators: 7174 (Terracing: 5382, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 142) If Ramiro Donato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Sapora's Júnior Lopez slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Oscar Simão. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. Pedro Luís Velloso's late challenge caught a Sapora's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Luís Velloso helped the player get up and apologised. Geraldo Zanette scored 2-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geovânio Teles, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Geraldo Zanette had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Júnior Lopez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Júnior Lopez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Simão was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Sapora's Geovânio Teles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geraldo Zanette in the 32nd minute of play. The attack was good, but when Geraldo Zanette in the 32nd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Júnior Lopez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Oscar Simão came out and tried to block the shot, but Júnior Lopez slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 37th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Júnior Lopez made a kick off. 66 minutes into the match, Luckasianos's goal looked a bit too open when Júnior Lopez came free, but Oscar Simão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Júnior Lopez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sapora's supporters rose to their feet, but Júnior Lopez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oscar Simão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Claudinei Monteiro hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Geovânio Teles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geraldo Zanette in the 79th minute of the match. Geraldo Zanette fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovânio Teles having to interfere. Ramiro Donato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oscar Simão having to interfere.