League

Estrelado
Spectators: 6660 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 0) Geovânio Melo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrique Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. If Henrique Veloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 10 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Estrelado's Arí Lara fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. João Paulo de Amorim recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arí Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Arlindo da Mata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 18 minutes, João Paulo de Amorim managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Estrelado's supporters crossed their fingers, but João Paulo de Amorim was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Geovânio Melo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Noel Leme's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute, Henrique Veloso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Geovânio Melo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 25 minutes into the game, Laércio Gerber was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Curintia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Estrelado the free kick. Luís Fernando Medeiros shot the penalty kick right outside the post. The audience was convinced that Henrique Veloso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geovânio Melo was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. João Paulo de Amorim struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Arlindo da Mata didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Estrelado. If João Paulo de Amorim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Geovânio Melo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noel Leme, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. When Henrique Veloso came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Curintia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Henrique Veloso couldn't finish the play.

If Henrique Veloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 52nd minute, Estrelado's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Noel Leme fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 55th minute, João Paulo de Amorim 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. The supporters of Estrelado booed when Curintia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipe Araújo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 58 played minutes Curintia got a freekick which was hit by Filipe Araújo. If Henrique Veloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Noel Leme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Geovânio Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th play minute Noel Leme came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Geovânio Melo. 0-2. After 69 played minutes Curintia got a freekick which was hit by Filipe Araújo. Henrique Veloso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovânio Melo having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Noel Leme managed to get in a good position for a shot. Curintia's supporters rose to their feet, but Noel Leme was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Geovânio Melo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 82nd minute João Paulo de Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo da Mata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Noel Leme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Geovânio Melo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrique Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Henrique Veloso struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Geovânio Melo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Curintia. 96 minutes into the match, João Paulo de Amorim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arlindo da Mata. Curintia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that João Paulo de Amorim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Curintia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.