League

Maipata
Spectators: 9271 (Terracing: 6955, Seating: 2132, VIP seats: 184) Manducha Fc's Walmir Moraes 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. Emmanuel Bardel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walmir Moraes in the 3rd minute of play. Emmanuel Bardel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Codosal, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Cristóvão Malheiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdo Santervas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute Castel Areces shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristóvão Malheiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Manducha Fc getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Darnell Joyce hit a great ball. Fidensio Rioz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristóvão Malheiro. Manducha Fc's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cristóvão Malheiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Castel Areces, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristóvão Malheiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 吕政 in the 18th minute of play. Emmanuel Bardel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Codosal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Manducha Fc getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Luciano Afonso hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Castel Areces in the 27th minute of play forced Manducha Fc's goalkeeper Cristóvão Malheiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walmir Moraes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Emmanuel Bardel made a huge save. 40 minutes into the match, Manducha Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Castel Areces came free, but Cristóvão Malheiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristóvão Malheiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Castel Areces, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Filippo Flocco hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Castel Areces to make the kick off. Cristóvão Malheiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Castel Areces in the 55th minute of the match. Cristóvão Malheiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Castel Areces in the 57th minute of play. 吕政 who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 60thth minute tested the skills of Cristóvão Malheiro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Emmanuel Bardel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Codosal in the 70th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Valdo Santervas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristóvão Malheiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Cristóvão Malheiro made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Henric Sandwall sent off a good shot on target. Fidensio Rioz made in the 86th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Valdo Santervas. Cristóvão Malheiro made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when 吕政 sent off a good shot on target. Valdo Santervas did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-3 to the left of a surprised Cristóvão Malheiro 93 minutes into the match. In the 97th match minute, Xspark Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizão Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. The Xspark Academy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Xspark Academy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.