League

Delle Alpi
Spectators: 7236 (Terracing: 5429, Seating: 1664, VIP seats: 143) Galhao's Ronaldinho Paiva 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. Edmílson de Medeiros hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes of play, Grêmio Football Poa's Zacarias Hoffmann made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arlindo Fernandes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute of the match Edvaldo Linares sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wilson Cerezo skillfully saved the ball. In the 16th match minute, Galhao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lauro Queirós to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Osvaldinho Faria sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Galhao's Arlindo Fernandes didn't even have to move. In the 21st minute, Ronaldo Soeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zacarias Hoffmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Arlindo Fernandes made a huge save. Wilson Cerezo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carlos de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 45th minute Ronaldinho Paiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Cerezo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filipe Trigo to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Grêmio Football Poa's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lauro Queirós fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Arlindo Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Trigo, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Lauro Queirós kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filipe Trigo in the 57th minute of play forced Galhao's goalkeeper Arlindo Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilson Cerezo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Paiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lauro Queirós got his second yellow card in the match during the 63rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. If Zacarias Hoffmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Galhao booed when Grêmio Football Poa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vânderson Monteiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 72nd minute Filipe Trigo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo Fernandes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filipe Trigo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Grêmio Football Poa defense, José Carlos de Sousa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wilson Cerezo. The Grêmio Football Poa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wilson Cerezo should have stopped the shot. Arlindo Fernandes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipe Trigo in the 87th minute of the match. Arlindo Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zacarias Hoffmann in the 89th minute of play. Arlindo Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zacarias Hoffmann in the 90th minute of play. Ronaldinho Paiva's late challenge caught a Grêmio Football Poa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ronaldinho Paiva helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Carlos de Sousa got free with Wilson Cerezo in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.