League

Stadium of Sea
Spectators: 7135 (Terracing: 5353, Seating: 1641, VIP seats: 141) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when João Augusto Tepedino got the match started through his kick off. CRAC Football Club's Marcelino Rebustillo got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Fernão Marques fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Marcelina's protests and gave Fernão Marques a yellow card for diving instead. Vinícius Leme was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Marcelino Rebustillo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marcelino Rebustillo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. After a rather tough play, Marcelina's Dionísio Meireles got a free kick in the 15th minute. Marcelino Rebustillo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vinícius Leme having to make a save. Alexandre Pato could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Vinícius Leme made a huge save. With a little luck, Marcelina's Vinícius Leme got control of the ball when Marcelino Rebustillo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vinícius Leme didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dorin Băbescu went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Gijs Rijkaard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Fabiano Duarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the game, Francisco de Mendonça threw the ball into play from the sideline. CRAC Football Club's Amadeu Pires quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Vinícius Leme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelino Rebustillo in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th match minute, Marcelina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Douglas Abreu to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to CRAC Football Club getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Rodriguinho Dantas hit a great ball. After 41 played minutes Marcelina got a freekick which was hit by Naldo Montenegro. If Alexandre Pato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gijs Rijkaard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Augusto Tepedino, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcelino Rebustillo to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, João Augusto Tepedino reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gijs Rijkaard. The goal made the score 2-1. 58 minutes into the match, CRAC Football Club's goalkeeper Gijs Rijkaard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernão Marques. In the 60th minute, Alexandre Pato 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. Marcelina's Dionísio Meireles suffered a sore thigh after 62 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Rodriguinho Dantas's late challenge caught a Marcelina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodriguinho Dantas helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Marcelina booed when CRAC Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodriguinho Dantas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrick Félix's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 70thth minute, Gijs Rijkaard skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gijs Rijkaard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Patrick Félix in the 73rd minute. 74 minutes in the game, Fernão Marques fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Gijs Rijkaard having to interfere. The supporters of CRAC Football Club booed when Marcelina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco de Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gijs Rijkaard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernão Marques in the 86th minute. Fernão Marques received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gijs Rijkaard came out and tried to block the shot, but Fernão Marques slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 86th minute. A collision led to CRAC Football Club getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Elói Brito hit a great ball. In the 93rd minute, Fernão Marques left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Marcelina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3.