League

Arena Fonte Nova
Spectators: 7375 (Terracing: 5532, Seating: 1696, VIP seats: 147) Laerte Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuri de Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute Jânio Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Lain saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paulinho Soeiro charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paulinho Soeiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 12th match minute, EC Bahia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulinho Soeiro to maneuver through the defense. David Lain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Novaes in the 13th minute of play. Jânio Freitas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Lain having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jânio Freitas in the 18th minute of play forced EC Bahia's goalkeeper David Lain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Yuri de Salles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Artur Novaes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 25 played minutes EC Bahia got a freekick which was hit by Abel Amaral. Laerte Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valério Cabral in the 29th minute of the match. Abel Amaral struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Laerte Salles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for EC Bahia. Yuri de Salles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Laerte Salles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Abel Amaral put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Laerte Salles. Laerte Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuri de Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. When Álvaro Coutinho fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tiraninhos FC's protests and gave Álvaro Coutinho a yellow card for diving instead. When Abel Amaral, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 46 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Laerte Salles was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Laerte Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valério Cabral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

In the 51st minute, Abel Amaral 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. After some careless play in the Tiraninhos FC defense, Yuri de Salles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laerte Salles. The Tiraninhos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laerte Salles should have stopped the shot. EC Bahia's David Lain proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save EC Bahia from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Amaral in the 63rd minute of play forced Tiraninhos FC's goalkeeper Laerte Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laerte Salles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Amaral in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Telmo Guimarães ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Laerte Salles was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Tiraninhos FC's Laerte Salles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Amaral in the 74th minute of play. In the 79th match minute, Tiraninhos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Álvaro Coutinho to maneuver through the defense. Laerte Salles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Amaral in the 80th minute of play. Laerte Salles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Amaral in the 86th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Tiraninhos FC's zone, Telmo Guimarães stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Laerte Salles came out of the goal and Telmo Guimarães tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. EC Bahia had played much better football throughout.