League

RedLand Stadium
Spectators: 7175 (Terracing: 5383, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 142) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tarcisio Machado made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th match minute, Darabi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovanni Guerra to maneuver through the defense. In the 6th minute Tarcisio Machado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabiano Seco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Darabi's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Tarcisio Machado 7 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Darabi's Renan Lago got a free kick in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarcisio Machado in the 13th minute of play forced Darabi's goalkeeper Fabiano Seco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 17 minutes, Fabiano Seco successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Darabi's Fabiano Seco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dudu Braga in the 21st minute of play. Dudu Braga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabiano Seco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tarcisio Machado in the 24th minute of the match. Tarcisio Machado recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fabiano Seco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tarcisio Machado's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Darabi's Fabiano Seco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Darabi from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Darabi's zone, Tarcisio Machado stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabiano Seco came out of the goal and Tarcisio Machado tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. IbiraCity's Tarcisio Machado was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 43rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 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 Renan Lago to make the kick off. Fabiano Seco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tarcisio Machado in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Samuel Saraiva ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabiano Seco was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Dudu Braga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabiano Seco having to interfere. After 62 minutes of play, IbiraCity's Samuel Saraiva made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabiano Seco was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Tarcisio Machado came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the IbiraCity 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 Tarcisio Machado couldn't finish the play. Tarcisio Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Washington Firmino in the 70th minute of play forced Darabi's goalkeeper Fabiano Seco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabiano Seco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dudu Braga in the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarcisio Machado in the 73rd minute of play forced Darabi's goalkeeper Fabiano Seco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabiano Seco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dudu Braga in the 75th minute of play. If Tarcisio Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Darabi defense, Tarcisio Machado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabiano Seco. The Darabi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabiano Seco should have stopped the shot. When Dudu Braga came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the IbiraCity 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 Dudu Braga couldn't finish the play. Fabiano Seco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarcisio Machado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. IbiraCity walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.