League

Tsubasa Estádio
Spectators: 7135 (Terracing: 5353, Seating: 1641, VIP seats: 141) Martelandia's Christian Faria started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Martelandia's Edmílson Leão got control of the ball when Beto Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Christian Faria hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. If Beto Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 7 played minutes Martelandia got a freekick which was hit by Aílton Koehler. In the 10thth minute of the game Umberto Simões who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Martelandia's Edmílson Leão was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edmílson Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Umberto Simões in the 14th minute of the match. Martelandia's Edmílson Leão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Martelandia from getting a goal against them. Umberto Simões fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmílson Leão having to interfere. A collision led to Nankatsu getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Umberto Simões hit a great ball. Beto Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Beto Castro got free with Edmílson Leão in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nankatsu's Umberto Simões got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Beto Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmílson Leão having to interfere. If Umberto Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 38 minutes, Patrick Salgado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nankatsu and the Martelandia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Patrick Salgado hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Martelandia's Edmílson Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto Simões in the 43rd minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Umberto Simões made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Umberto Simões had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmílson Leão. Martelandia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Umberto Simões was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Edmílson Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Umberto Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Umberto Simões blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edmílson Leão having to make a save. Edmílson Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Umberto Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Umberto Simões in the 66th minute of play forced Martelandia's goalkeeper Edmílson Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Christian Faria came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Martelandia 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 Christian Faria couldn't finish the play. Edmílson Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Umberto Simões in the 72nd minute of play. If Aílton Koehler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edmílson Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beto Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Edmílson Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Castro in the 78th minute of the match. Marcinho Fonseca's late challenge caught a Martelandia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marcinho Fonseca helped the player get up and apologised. Marcinho Fonseca hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Edmílson Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Castro in the 82nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Umberto Simões in the 86th minute of play forced Martelandia's goalkeeper Edmílson Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nankatsu's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ricardo Meirelles in the 87th minute. The corner led Nankatsu's Beto Castro to a score. 2-0 in the 88th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Nankatsu fully deserved thier win.