Challenge

Arena Taquaras
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) FIEL ALGUSTA's Murillo Pernambucano 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. Oliver Bierhoff might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raúl da Silveira. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oliver Bierhoff ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, FIEL ALGUSTA's Raúl da Silveira got control of the ball when Tales De Mileto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oliver Bierhoff sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Raúl da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Bierhoff in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute of the match, Oliver Bierhoff tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Raúl da Silveira saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The throw-in from Guga Senna in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ADM Taquaras's Edgard de Lima. After 27 minutes, Guga Senna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FIEL ALGUSTA and the ADM Taquaras players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ADM Taquaras booed when FIEL ALGUSTA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guga Senna didn't get a good kick on the ball. ADM Taquaras made a substitution. Áron Bódog replaced Wágner Leme. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by FIEL ALGUSTA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Malcolm Westerberg was slow to take the kick. During this time ADM Taquaras's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Áron Bódog managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. FIEL ALGUSTA's Guga Senna got his second yellow card of the match in the 37th minute. The referee ordered Guga Senna off the ground. A collision led to FIEL ALGUSTA getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Guga Senna hit a great ball. In the 41st minute Oliver Bierhoff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raúl da Silveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 44 played minutes FIEL ALGUSTA got a freekick which was hit by Wambasther van Dijk. After 45 minutes of play, ADM Taquaras's Oliver Bierhoff made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raúl da Silveira was left in no man's land by his defense there! 48 minutes into the game, Wambasther van Dijk was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FIEL ALGUSTA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ADM Taquaras the free kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Oliver Bierhoff made a kick off. Raúl da Silveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Bierhoff in the 53rd minute of play. If Rodrigo Alcântara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliver Bierhoff took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Raúl da Silveira. Raúl da Silveira dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Raúl da Silveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Áron Bódog in the 61st minute of play. A collision led to FIEL ALGUSTA getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Wambasther van Dijk hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Bierhoff in the 67th minute of play forced FIEL ALGUSTA's goalkeeper Raúl da Silveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Oliver Bierhoff in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raúl da Silveira saved FIEL ALGUSTA from getting behind. Raúl da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Bierhoff in the 71st minute of the match. Válter Novaes kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. The supporters of ADM Taquaras booed when FIEL ALGUSTA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Válter Novaes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Raúl da Silveira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enio Aparecido went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Raúl da Silveira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enio Aparecido, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Frank Lauro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raúl da Silveira came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by ADM Taquaras's Enio Aparecido. But to his dismay, Enio Aparecido quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. The FIEL ALGUSTA fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when FIEL ALGUSTA's Vladimir Negri looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Raúl da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nildo Rosa in the 86th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Áron Bódog left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ADM Taquaras fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Raúl da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Áron Bódog in the 92nd minute of the match. Raúl da Silveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Áron Bódog in the 95th minute of play. 97 minutes into the match, Áron Bódog had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raúl da Silveira. FIEL ALGUSTA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Áron Bódog was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the FIEL ALGUSTA players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ADM Taquaras.