League

Predators arena
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Cafu Kobra hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Gifters Predations's Spencer Hopson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Queirós in the 15th minute of play. Iuri Cosme charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iuri Cosme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Iuri Cosme kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Waldir Recife made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardinho Santana in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th minute, one of Gifters Predations:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Gifters Predations. After 22 minutes Gifters Predations's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Glauco Maia who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Iuri Cosme got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Spencer Hopson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 26 minutes into the match, Gifters Predations's goal looked a bit too open when Mauro Queirós came free, but Spencer Hopson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardinho Santana in the 31st minute of play forced AC CEОРΙ's goalkeeper Waldir Recife to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spencer Hopson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cafu Kobra in the 33rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mauro Queirós's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Spencer Hopson was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Waldir Recife made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricardinho Santana in the 41st minute. Célio Borges's late challenge caught a AC CEОРΙ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Célio Borges helped the player get up and apologised. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Ricardinho Santana made the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute, Jonas Mendonça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gifters Predations's Amílton Koehler got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 63 minutes into the match, Gifters Predations's Ricardinho Santana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Waldir Recife narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of AC CEОРΙ booed when Gifters Predations was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amílton Koehler took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 71st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Waldir Recife. AC CEОРΙ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Benjamim Falcão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 74 played minutes, Gifters Predations's Amílton Koehler shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Waldir Recife came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Gifters Predations reached it. 78 minutes into the match, AC CEОРΙ's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardinho Santana came free, but Waldir Recife reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the AC CEОРΙ defense, Ricardinho Santana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Waldir Recife. The AC CEОРΙ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Waldir Recife should have stopped the shot. In the 84th minute Gilvan Queiroz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Waldir Recife saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricardinho Santana scored 2-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Waldir Recife, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cafu Kobra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Spencer Hopson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benjamim Falcão hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match.