League

Antoniao
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Rony Bezerra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Frédson Pombal having to make a save. In the 3rd minute, Nilmar Schmidt made a precise shot to the right of Frédson Pombal. Rastafari's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Anthony Di Battista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Haroldo Marques made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anthony Di Battista in the 8th minute. Régis Amaral recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 10 minutes into the game, Gernando de Sena was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rastafari's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jua fc the free kick. Gernando de Sena hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Haroldo Marques came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Rastafari's Régis Amaral. But to his dismay, Régis Amaral quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Anthony Di Battista managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rastafari's supporters rose to their feet, but Anthony Di Battista was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Haroldo Marques breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 21 minutes into the match, Rastafari's Anthony Di Battista sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Haroldo Marques narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Haroldo Marques made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anthony Di Battista in the 23rd minute. In the 25th match minute, Jua fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Novaes to maneuver through the defense. Duda de Alcântara's late challenge caught a Rastafari's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Duda de Alcântara helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Duda de Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frederico Medeiros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Frédson Pombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rony Bezerra in the 32nd minute of the match. Anthony Di Battista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haroldo Marques having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Régis Amaral in the 40th minute of play forced Jua fc's goalkeeper Haroldo Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jua fc's Haroldo Marques proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Jua fc from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Rastafari getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Anthony Di Battista hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anthony Di Battista was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthony Di Battista in the 52nd minute of play forced Jua fc's goalkeeper Haroldo Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthony Di Battista in the 56th minute of play forced Jua fc's goalkeeper Haroldo Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Frederico Medeiros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vágner de Lara hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Rastafari's Anthony Di Battista tried to score from far away in the 68th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. When Régis Amaral came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Rastafari fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Régis Amaral couldn't finish the play. 72 minutes into the match, Rastafari's Anthony Di Battista sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Haroldo Marques narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Frederico Medeiros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Anthony Di Battista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rony Bezerra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Frédson Pombal made a huge save. In the 79th match minute, Jua fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duda de Alcântara to maneuver through the defense. Jua fc's Haroldo Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anthony Di Battista in the 82nd minute of play. When Anthony Di Battista came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Rastafari fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Anthony Di Battista couldn't finish the play. In the 87th minute Anthony Di Battista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Marques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. At last the ball reached Gernando de Sena at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Jua fc. 2-1. After 96 minutes, Felippe Passos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jua fc and the Rastafari players grew even worse after the yellow card. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Rastafari had played much better football throughout.