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Match Report
El Cilindro
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600,
Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Furia Albiceleste's Jesus Guillelmo 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. João Francisco Mendes kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. The supporters of Furia Albiceleste booed when Mexilhão F. C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Willian Rosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 11 minutes, Jean de Moraes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexilhão F. C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Jean de Moraes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Astor Eleazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean de Moraes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute, João Francisco Mendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Astor Eleazar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jean de Moraes's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Jean de Moraes's late challenge caught a Furia Albiceleste's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jean de Moraes helped the player get up and apologised. Astor Eleazar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Almir Loureiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Norberto Rexino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Luisão Seco made a huge save. 35 minutes into the match, Mexilhão F. C.'s goalkeeper Luisão Seco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Norberto Rexino. Astor Eleazar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Francisco Mendes in the 45th minute of play. Norberto Rexino's late challenge caught a Mexilhão F. C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Norberto Rexino helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Furia Albiceleste getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Norberto Rexino hit a great ball.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Almir Loureiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Almir Loureiro 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. In the 57th minute, Almir Loureiro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Astor Eleazar. The goal made the score 0-1. Mexilhão F. C.'s Almir Loureiro got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luisão Seco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Norberto Rexino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luisão Seco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesus Guillelmo in the 73rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Jesus Guillelmo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luisão Seco was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Iuri Peixoto kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Luisão Seco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Neto in the 78th minute of the match. João Francisco Mendes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Matias Ioritz hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the game, Vicente Ramos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Furia Albiceleste's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexilhão F. C. the free kick. In the 91st match minute, Furia Albiceleste was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Ramos to maneuver through the defense. Mexilhão F. C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.
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