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Match Report
Quieto
Spectators: 6663 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Juvenal Lima got the match started through his kick off. José Maria Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Ronaldinho Cardoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ronaldinho Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Maria Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Rafael de Almeida recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Renatinho Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manoel Nunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Juvenal Lima recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 14 played minutes Escurinho EC got a freekick which was hit by Vicente Santana. José Maria Lara struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Ronaldinho Cardoso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Escurinho EC. If Rafael de Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Renatinho Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juvenal Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Renatinho Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juvenal Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Rafael de Almeida sped through Quieto's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ronaldinho Cardoso. Jefferson Zanette charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jefferson Zanette the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd match minute, Quieto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jefferson Zanette to maneuver through the defense. Escurinho EC's Rafael de Almeida got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Rafael de Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Escurinho 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 Rafael de Almeida couldn't finish the play. Renatinho Brasil was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Juvenal Lima showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 43 minute of play. In the 47th minute, Juvenal Lima got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rafael de Almeida to strike the kick off in the second half. Jefferson Zanette was shown his second yellow card after 51 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 57th minute, Vicente Santana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Escurinho EC's Renatinho Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manoel Nunes in the 60th minute of play. Manoel Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Renatinho Brasil having to interfere. After 64 played minutes Escurinho EC got a freekick which was hit by Celso Paulista. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Cido Peixoto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Quieto's supporters rose to their feet, but Cido Peixoto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Renatinho Brasil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ronaldinho Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael de Almeida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Maria Lara did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Ronaldinho Cardoso 75 minutes into the match. Ronaldinho Cardoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael de Almeida in the 78th minute of the match. Renatinho Brasil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manoel Nunes in the 79th minute of play. In the 86th minute Manoel Nunes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renatinho Brasil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renatinho Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manoel Nunes in the 95th minute of the match. Escurinho EC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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