League

Bicho Papão Stadium
Spectators: 7153 (Terracing: 5366, Seating: 1645, VIP seats: 142) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vitinho Dracena made the kick off which started today's match. Arlindo Vargas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evaristo Nogueira having to interfere. Elder Brodel, 5 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Sidney Hermes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tarcisio Bueno having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Aldeinha's goalkeeper Evaristo Nogueira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Paulo de Brito. If José Paulo de Brito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. José Paulo de Brito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Evaristo Nogueira made a huge save. Evaristo Nogueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arlindo Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Vitinho Dracena came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Aldeinha 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 Vitinho Dracena couldn't finish the play. Sidney Hermes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Piratas ManagerZone Club's Tarcisio Bueno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michel Alves in the 38th minute of play. Aldeinha were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Piratas ManagerZone Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Elder Brodel took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Narciso Tróia got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tarcisio Bueno quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Michel Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Tarcisio Bueno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Sidney Hermes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arlindo Vargas was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Michel Alves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tarcisio Bueno. Piratas ManagerZone Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Michel Alves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 62nd minute Arlindo Vargas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evaristo Nogueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 62 minutes into the game, Arlindo Vargas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Evaristo Nogueira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arlindo Vargas in the 77th minute of play forced Aldeinha's goalkeeper Evaristo Nogueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 79 minutes of play, Piratas ManagerZone Club's José Paulo de Brito made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evaristo Nogueira was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Piratas ManagerZone Club's zone, Vitinho Dracena stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tarcisio Bueno came out of the goal and Vitinho Dracena tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tarcisio Bueno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Michel Alves in the 86th minute. If Vitinho Dracena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Evaristo Nogueira came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Piratas ManagerZone Club's Arlindo Vargas. But to his dismay, Arlindo Vargas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Michel Alves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Piratas ManagerZone Club players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.