League

Estádio Amaniutuba
Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lasse Delvig got the match started through his kick off. Cauan Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Capasso in the 3rd minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Florian Capasso notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ALMA GUERREIRA's Cauan Carvalho. Cauan Carvalho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 11 minutes in the game Tomé Bento did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nilson Montenegro. Lasse Delvig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Mauro-Facundo Buffon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Florian Capasso made a precise shot to the right of Cauan Carvalho. ALMA GUERREIRA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Capasso in the 27th minute of play forced ALMA GUERREIRA's goalkeeper Cauan Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mauro-Facundo Buffon made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Lasse Delvig sent off a good shot on target. 31 minutes into the match, ALMA GUERREIRA's Chiquinho Alagoano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mauro-Facundo Buffon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Wilson da Rocha fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ALMA GUERREIRA's protests and gave Wilson da Rocha a yellow card for diving instead. Wilson da Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the game, Lasse Delvig recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mauro-Facundo Buffon. Lasse Delvig showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. In the 37th match minute, ALMA GUERREIRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chiquinho Alagoano to maneuver through the defense. Cauan Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Capasso in the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Capasso in the 43rd minute of play forced ALMA GUERREIRA's goalkeeper Cauan Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Florian Capasso 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. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Florian Capasso to make the kick off. ALMA GUERREIRA's Cauan Carvalho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Capasso in the 51st minute of play. After 53 minutes of play, ALMA GUERREIRA's Lasse Delvig made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mauro-Facundo Buffon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Merusca F&P made a substitution. Hélder Fonseca replaced Florian Capasso. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Hélder Fonseca managed to get in a good position for a shot. Merusca F&P's supporters rose to their feet, but Hélder Fonseca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cauan Carvalho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 67th minute, Vihar Perchemliev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Merusca F&P made a substitution. Geovani Mangueira replaced Li Zhan. Merusca F&P's Marcinho Sabóia was substituted for Fumanchu Ponta. 2-3 became the score in the 71st minute when Hélder Fonseca elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind ALMA GUERREIRA's goalkeeper Cauan Carvalho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 75th minute of the match Merusca F&P got a corner. ALMA GUERREIRA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marcinho Sabóia ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Merusca F&P's Marcinho Sabóia to fire away a dangerous shot which Cauan Carvalho despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 86th minute Hélder Fonseca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cauan Carvalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chiquinho Alagoano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mauro-Facundo Buffon having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hélder Fonseca in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cauan Carvalho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Hélder Fonseca did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Cauan Carvalho 90 minutes into the match. Merusca F&P were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over ALMA GUERREIRA's much stronger midfield.