League

Estádio Mamoria
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 0) Mamoria AD's Josué Lara 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. Aruaru's Chiquinho Almeida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Aruaru from getting a goal against them. Tiago Gabriel Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franklin da Fonseca in the 8th minute of the match. Josué Lara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benjamin Novaes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Chiquinho Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josué Lara in the 15th minute of the match. Franklin da Fonseca charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Franklin da Fonseca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st minute, Mamoria AD's Josué Lara dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 24th minute, Arthur Brasil had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Ricardo Lucas hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. If Franklin da Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Mamoria AD getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Zé Pedro Catarinense hit a great ball. Franklin da Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benjamin Novaes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Aruaru's Nilson de Carvalho got a free kick in the 44th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Franklin da Fonseca to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Mamoria AD's goal looked a bit too open when Franklin da Fonseca came free, but Tiago Gabriel Lopez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute Josué Lara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chiquinho Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chiquinho Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josué Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Aruaru's Chiquinho Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josué Lara in the 62nd minute of play. Josué Lara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chiquinho Almeida having to interfere. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mamoria AD's goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Lopez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Franklin da Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Gabriel Lopez having to interfere. If Oswaldo Veloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Franklin da Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 92 minutes, Josué Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mamoria AD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Josué Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Franklin da Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mamoria AD were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Aruaru for a fine match.