League

Bafô Arena
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arnaldo de Sousa got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Al-Nassr Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Nilmar Cearense came free, but Benedito de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes into the game, CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Zhuang Jian Yi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benedito de Azevedo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After a rather tough play, Al-Nassr Football Club's Arthur Paraibano got a free kick in the 12th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Al-Nassr Football Club's zone, Giovani da Rocha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benedito de Azevedo came out of the goal and Giovani da Rocha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 18th minute Osvaldo Shantala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedito de Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 minutes, Zhuang Jian Yi made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Al-Nassr Football Club's Benedito de Azevedo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Humberto Damião hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the game, CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Nilmar Cearense nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benedito de Azevedo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nilmar Cearense in the 31st minute of play forced Al-Nassr Football Club's goalkeeper Benedito de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Al-Nassr Football Club's Benedito de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilmar Cearense in the 33rd minute of play. Benedito de Azevedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Osvaldo Shantala went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 44th minute, Nilmar Cearense ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benedito de Azevedo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The wind increased when Osvaldo Shantala made the kick off in the second half. Benedito de Azevedo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Osvaldo Shantala showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 53 minute of play. Édouard Mendy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zayvius Aveo, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute Nilmar Cearense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedito de Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 63 minutes, Zhuang Jian Yi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ and the Al-Nassr Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 63 played minutes CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ got a freekick which was hit by Zhuang Jian Yi. With a little luck, Al-Nassr Football Club's Benedito de Azevedo got control of the ball when Zhuang Jian Yi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 68 minutes into the game, CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Nilmar Cearense nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benedito de Azevedo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. 74 minutes into the match, Al-Nassr Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Shantala came free, but Benedito de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benedito de Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldo Shantala in the 78th minute of the match. When Dawid Iwaszko fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s protests and gave Dawid Iwaszko a yellow card for diving instead. In the 79th minute, Dawid Iwaszko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Al-Nassr Football Club booed when CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dawid Iwaszko didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute of the match José Maria Vergílio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Édouard Mendy showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Al-Nassr Football Club's Benedito de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sydney Quirino in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sydney Quirino in the 84th minute of play forced Al-Nassr Football Club's goalkeeper Benedito de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arthur Paraibano's late challenge caught a CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arthur Paraibano helped the player get up and apologised. Arthur Paraibano kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Benedito de Azevedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dawid Iwaszko in the 86th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Sydney Quirino managed to get in a good position for a shot. CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s supporters rose to their feet, but Sydney Quirino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedito de Azevedo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Benedito de Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sydney Quirino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.