League

Estádio Cruzes
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lucas Moura took the kick off in the first half of the match. Lucas Moura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celso Severo having to interfere. Rodriguinho Batista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Murilo Dantas made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Rodriguinho Batista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Murilo Dantas was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Cruzes EC's Durvalino Matos got a free kick in the 9th minute. When Lucas Moura came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Soinho 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 Lucas Moura couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rodriguinho Batista in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Murilo Dantas saved Soinho from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Moura in the 22nd minute of play forced Cruzes EC's goalkeeper Celso Severo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Murilo Dantas acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 25th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Benny Rizaldi. Lucas Moura kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Murilo Dantas didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 28th minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. In the 32nd minute of the match Benny Rizaldi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Murilo Dantas skillfully saved the ball. In the 33rdth minute of the game Rodriguinho Batista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Soinho's Murilo Dantas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rodriguinho Batista in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Murilo Dantas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 35th minute of the match Benny Rizaldi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Murilo Dantas skillfully saved the ball. If Rodriguinho Batista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Cruzes EC fans' excitement grew in the 41st match minute when Cruzes EC's Rodriguinho Batista looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Rodriguinho Batista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Murilo Dantas having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Rodriguinho Batista made the kick off in the second half. If Marcos Barreto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zé Galvão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Murilo Dantas having to interfere. If Zé Galvão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 66 minutes into the match, Rodriguinho Batista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Murilo Dantas. Soinho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodriguinho Batista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 71st minute Rodriguinho Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Murilo Dantas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th match minute, Cruzes EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dionísio Baiano to maneuver through the defense. Celso Severo made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Marcos Barreto sent off a good shot on target. In the 81stth minute of the game Rodriguinho Batista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Soinho's Murilo Dantas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Zé Galvão came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Cruzes EC 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 Zé Galvão couldn't finish the play. Murilo Dantas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodriguinho Batista's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Zé Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Murilo Dantas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Murilo Dantas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodriguinho Batista's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Cruzes EC's Rodriguinho Batista got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Rodriguinho Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cruzes EC's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodriguinho Batista was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Murilo Dantas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.