League

Arena Nexus
Spectators: 7592 (Terracing: 5695, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) After 4 played minutes Newtown EC got a freekick which was hit by José Carlos Galvan. After 12 minutes, Victor de Souza made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Real Nexus C.F.'s Ulisses Urbano tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Real Nexus C.F. getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Ernani das Neves hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, Vitório Gonçalves left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Newtown EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hugo Moreno during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 20 played minutes Real Nexus C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Moreno. Newtown EC's A.J. 夏侯惇 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jarbas Cabral, made in the 21st minute of the game. In the 24th minute, Vitório Gonçalves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ulisses Urbano was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Leopoldo Seco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benjamim Brito went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Leopoldo Seco made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Lúcio Esteves sent off a good shot on target. Benjamim Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Leopoldo Seco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lúcio Esteves during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 51st minute, Lúcio Esteves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Redent Evil made in the 53rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Real Nexus C.F.'s Benedito Rosado. Ulisses Urbano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor de Souza in the 58th minute of the match. Real Nexus C.F. made a substitution. Rafael Vianna replaced Ediberto Vargas. Jefferson Amorim kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamim Brito in the 79th minute of play forced Newtown EC's goalkeeper Leopoldo Seco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Real Nexus C.F.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benjamim Brito in the 80th minute. After 86 played minutes Newtown EC got a freekick which was hit by Jefferson Amorim. The audience was convinced that Benjamim Brito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leopoldo Seco was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Lúcio Esteves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leopoldo Seco was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Newtown EC's Leopoldo Seco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lúcio Esteves in the 93rd minute of play. After 94 played minutes Newtown EC got a freekick which was hit by Acácio Linares. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.