League

Cotias
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Giovani Baiano started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Ariau's Leonel Neiva got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Júlio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Eduardo Araújo in the 8th minute of the match. Júlio de Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonel Neiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serginho Salgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Jailson Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes into the match, Cotias EC's goal looked a bit too open when Celso Borges came free, but Júlio de Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cotias EC's Júlio de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celso Borges in the 19th minute of play. Júlio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celso Borges in the 23rd minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, Cotias EC's goal looked a bit too open when José Paulo Branco came free, but Júlio de Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, José Paulo Branco notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Cotias EC's Júlio de Medeiros. Júlio de Medeiros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Júlio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Eduardo Araújo in the 37th minute of the match. Cotias EC's Júlio de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Paulo Branco in the 38th minute of play. Júlio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celso Borges in the 40th minute of the match. Cristóvão Messias charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristóvão Messias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 42nd match minute, Cotias EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristóvão Messias to maneuver through the defense. Júlio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Neiva in the 45th minute of the match. Júlio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Neiva in the 46th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celso Borges in the 48th minute of play forced Cotias EC's goalkeeper Júlio de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for José Paulo Branco to strike the kick off in the second half. Mateus Martins kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Júlio de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelsinho Maciel in the 58th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Giovani Baiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Júlio de Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Celso Borges sent off a good shot on target. Cotias EC's Júlio de Medeiros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Cotias EC from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as José Paulo Branco kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Júlio de Medeiros. That made the score 0-3 in the 69 minute of play. Júlio de Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Luiz Eduardo Araújo sent off a good shot on target. In the 77th minute of the match, Leonel Neiva tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Júlio de Medeiros saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Giovani Baiano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jailson Brito was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Ariau's Jailson Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giovani Baiano in the 82nd minute of play. Júlio de Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Eduardo Araújo, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Celso Borges received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Júlio de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luiz Eduardo Araújo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Júlio de Medeiros made a huge save. In the 95th minute, Luiz Eduardo Araújo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ariau's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.