League

Jan Breydel Stadium
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) Contos Gauchescos's Magno 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. Ricardo Latorre might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hector Crescencio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ricardo Latorre ran back to his position shaking his head. 4 minutes into the match, Edmílson de Amorim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wolf Speed. STEAUA BUCALESTI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edmílson de Amorim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. STEAUA BUCALESTI's Maurício Amorim suffered a sore thigh after 8 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 8 minutes into the game, Edmílson de Amorim was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Contos Gauchescos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave STEAUA BUCALESTI the free kick. The supporters of STEAUA BUCALESTI booed when Contos Gauchescos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmílson de Amorim didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Hector Crescencio managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when STEAUA BUCALESTI's Ricardo Latorre fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Hector Crescencio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Latorre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. STEAUA BUCALESTI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ranko Tobă in the 15th minute. After a rather tough play, STEAUA BUCALESTI's Danny Butters got a free kick in the 17th minute. If Ricardo Latorre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Wolf Speed made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Magno Faria in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Magno Faria in the 27th minute of play forced STEAUA BUCALESTI's goalkeeper Wolf Speed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Contos Gauchescos booed when STEAUA BUCALESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Ömür Vatansever didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute, Ricardo Latorre 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. With his leg Hector Crescencio managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when STEAUA BUCALESTI's Ricardo Latorre fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Wolf Speed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmílson de Amorim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Magno Faria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wolf Speed having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ricardo Latorre was the one to do the kick off. STEAUA BUCALESTI's Ricardo Latorre got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Magno Faria kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 56thth minute. Though ot was a great shot STEAUA BUCALESTI's keeper Wolf Speed was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. The supporters of Contos Gauchescos booed when STEAUA BUCALESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Latorre didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Contos Gauchescos's Edmílson de Amorim slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Wolf Speed. That made the score 0-3 after 66 minutes of play. Ricardo Latorre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Edmílson de Amorim was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 78 minutes had been played. In the 78th minute, Edmílson de Amorim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Ömür Vatansever in the 85th minute of play forced Contos Gauchescos's goalkeeper Hector Crescencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wolf Speed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Magno Faria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hector Crescencio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Latorre, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Hector Crescencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Latorre in the 93rd minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Contos Gauchescos walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.