League

Potiguara
Spectators: 6650 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 0) Potiguara SS's Váldson Trigo 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. A collision led to Potiguara SS getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Pedro Luiz Rosado hit a great ball. In the 8th minute of the match Christian Azevedo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joélson Falcão showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Váldson Trigo in the 13th minute of play forced 10 de Setembro's goalkeeper Joélson Passos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joélson Passos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Váldson Trigo in the 16th minute of play. Joélson Pires's late challenge caught a 10 de Setembro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joélson Pires helped the player get up and apologised. Joélson Pires kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Tiago Gabriel dos Santos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joélson Falcão. Potiguara SS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiago Gabriel dos Santos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Geovânio Freitas charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Geovânio Freitas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, 10 de Setembro's Geovânio Freitas got a free kick in the 26th minute. Joélson Passos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Váldson Trigo in the 27th minute of the match. Christian Azevedo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 33rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 37 minutes into the game, 10 de Setembro's Tiago Gabriel dos Santos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Joélson Falcão made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Artur Lopes kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. Joélson Passos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Váldson Trigo, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Zé Roberto Vergílio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Joélson Falcão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tiago Gabriel dos Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Murilo Bertassi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joélson Passos having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in 10 de Setembro's zone, Váldson Trigo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joélson Passos came out of the goal and Váldson Trigo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Murilo Bertassi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Váldson Trigo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Váldson Trigo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joélson Passos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Murilo Bertassi in the 83rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Zé Roberto Vergílio managed to get in a good position for a shot. 10 de Setembro's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Roberto Vergílio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joélson Falcão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joélson Falcão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Roberto Vergílio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murilo Bertassi in the 93rd minute of play forced 10 de Setembro's goalkeeper Joélson Passos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joélson Passos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Váldson Trigo, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.