League

Estádio da Gávea
Spectators: 7853 (Terracing: 5900, Seating: 1798, VIP seats: 155) THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Aníbal Brasil 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. After a rather tough play, Antropofagia FC's Sylvester Schwarzenegger got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After some careless play in the Antropofagia FC defense, Aníbal Brasil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elias Arruda. The Antropofagia FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elias Arruda should have stopped the shot. Magne Allbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elder Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. When THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Aníbal Brasil in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Antropofagia FC's goalie prevented a goal. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Francisc Mândru in the 16th minute. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Magne Allbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luke DeGaetano in the 23rd minute of play. Magne Allbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luke DeGaetano in the 23rd minute of play. Sylvester Schwarzenegger in the 25thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Magne Allbom, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a little luck, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Magne Allbom got control of the ball when Luke DeGaetano tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sylvester Schwarzenegger got free with Magne Allbom in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ booed when Antropofagia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Márcio Amoroso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aníbal Brasil might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elias Arruda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aníbal Brasil ran back to his position shaking his head. Antropofagia FC's Elias Arruda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yu Yang Bing in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elder Castro in the 36th minute of play forced THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's goalkeeper Magne Allbom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 39 played minutes THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ got a freekick which was hit by Mazinho Meireles. Elias Arruda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aníbal Brasil in the 41st minute of the match. Antropofagia FC were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sylvester Schwarzenegger took the corner. After taking down the ball on Antropofagia FC's corner Sylvester Schwarzenegger fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Magne Allbom quite easily take care of the ball.

Elano Mota made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Mazinho Meireles. In the 53rd minute, Yu Yang Bing 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. In the 56th minute Sylvester Schwarzenegger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magne Allbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Albert Siang quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Márcio Amoroso, made in the 61st minute of the game. Elias Arruda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aníbal Brasil, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The supporters of Antropofagia FC booed when THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yu Yang Bing didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aníbal Brasil might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elias Arruda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aníbal Brasil ran back to his position shaking his head. Elias Arruda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aníbal Brasil in the 72nd minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Aníbal Brasil sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Elias Arruda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Francisc Mândru got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Elias Arruda quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 0-2 became the score in the 78th minute when Aníbal Brasil elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Aníbal Brasil might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elias Arruda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aníbal Brasil ran back to his position shaking his head. When Mazinho Meireles fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's protests and gave Mazinho Meireles a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Mazinho Meireles got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Magne Allbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luke DeGaetano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute Luke DeGaetano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magne Allbom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute, Luke DeGaetano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Antropofagia FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. If Yu Yang Bing had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th minute, Aníbal Brasil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.