Friendly League

Castanhão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bruno Baristo took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Anísio Alagoano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 6th match minute, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nestor Adrio to maneuver through the defense. Elvio Niva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Umberto Dionísio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elvio Niva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Umberto Dionísio in the 10th minute of the match. Elvio Niva made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Umberto Dionísio sent off a good shot on target. After 23 minutes, Célio Vianna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Castanheiro SC and the Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Castanheiro SC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Célio Vianna hit a great ball. Bruno Baristo might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedrinho Guimarães. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bruno Baristo ran back to his position shaking his head. 26 minutes into the match, Lino Castel notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Castanheiro SC's Pedrinho Guimarães. Pedrinho Guimarães was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eriberto Fidele hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nilson Veloso in the 36th minute of play forced Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper Elvio Niva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Elvio Niva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilson Veloso in the 38th minute of play. Elvio Niva made an important save on a dangerous shot by Umberto Dionísio in the 44th minute. Umberto Dionísio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Elvio Niva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Nestor Adrio got a free kick in the 46th minute. The Castanheiro SC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Umberto Dionísio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Elvio Niva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anísio Alagoano in the 53rd minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Luisinho Seco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elvio Niva. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luisinho Seco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jeremias Napier during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jeremias Napier hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Nilson Veloso took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 66th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Elvio Niva. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Jeremias Napier got his second yellow card of the match in the 72nd minute. The referee ordered Jeremias Napier off the ground. Umberto Dionísio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91stth minute of the game Lino Castel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Castanheiro SC's Pedrinho Guimarães was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edinho Pirani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Castanheiro SC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.