League

Cova dos Leões
Spectators: 7217 (Terracing: 5414, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) Nipoa AD's Ivo Maia 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. Diguinho Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Léo Nunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. When Frederico Couto came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Nipoa AD fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Frederico Couto couldn't finish the play. After 9 minutes of play, Nipoa AD's Ivo Maia made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guilherme Moura was left in no man's land by his defense there! Léo Nunes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Diguinho Amaral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guilherme Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frederico Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Guilherme Moura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdo Godoi in the 22nd minute of play. If Adalberto Breckenfeld had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guilherme Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frederico Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 30 minutes into the game, Ivo Maia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nipoa AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leões da Zona Oeste F.C the free kick. Guilherme Moura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivo Maia in the 38th minute of play. After having played for 39 minutes, Léo Nunes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leões da Zona Oeste F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Léo Nunes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Guilherme Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Maia, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Léo Nunes to strike the kick off in the second half. Adalberto Breckenfeld hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The long shot by Elivélton Amaral in the 54th minute really tested Guilherme Moura's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Diguinho Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Léo Nunes in the 57th minute of the match. When Léo Nunes came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Leões da Zona Oeste F.C fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Léo Nunes couldn't finish the play. Léo Nunes's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Diguinho Amaral read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. Diguinho Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Léo Nunes in the 66th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the game, Nipoa AD's Frederico Couto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Guilherme Moura made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Leões da Zona Oeste F.C's Guilherme Moura played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Murilo Novaes in the 72nd minute of play. Frederico Couto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Guilherme Moura skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 78 minutes into the match, Leões da Zona Oeste F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Moisés Veiga came free, but Guilherme Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Léo Nunes in the 80th minute of play forced Nipoa AD's goalkeeper Diguinho Amaral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frederico Couto got free with Guilherme Moura in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guilherme Moura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivo Maia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leões da Zona Oeste F.C's Guilherme Moura proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Leões da Zona Oeste F.C from getting a goal against them. In the 94th minute, Nipoa AD's Murilo Novaes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4.