League

Villa Park Stadium
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Cassual SS's Wesley Pombal 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. 11 minutes into the match, Fred Andrade had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Álvaro Cardozo. Aston Villa F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fred Andrade was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 14th minute Sandro Lira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Cardozo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fred Andrade hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Aston Villa F.C's Álvaro Cardozo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sandro Lira in the 19th minute of play. Cléberson Leme's late challenge caught a Aston Villa F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cléberson Leme helped the player get up and apologised. 20 minutes into the game, one of Cassual SS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 25 minutes into the match, Aston Villa F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Wesley Pombal came free, but Álvaro Cardozo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Lauro Gaspar fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cassual SS's protests and gave Lauro Gaspar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 28th minute, one of Cassual SS:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Cassual SS. The referee gave Aston Villa F.C a penalty, 30 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mário Corrêa, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Cassual SS's Dagoberto Vale. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandro Lira in the 33rd minute of play forced Aston Villa F.C's goalkeeper Álvaro Cardozo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Fabiano Pinheiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 36th minute, Sidney Baptista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes into the match, Aston Villa F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Dalmo Moreira came free, but Álvaro Cardozo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Álvaro Cardozo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandro Lira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Álvaro Cardozo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wesley Pombal went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luiz Fabiano Pinheiro was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Andrade in the 52nd minute of play forced Aston Villa F.C's goalkeeper Álvaro Cardozo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Álvaro Cardozo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sandro Lira in the 53rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Cassual SS's Wesley Pombal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Álvaro Cardozo. That made the score 2-3 after 59 minutes of play. After 66 played minutes Cassual SS got a freekick which was hit by Dalmo Moreira. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dalmo Moreira got free with Álvaro Cardozo in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 70th minute, Sidney Baptista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Cassual SS's Fred Andrade got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Álvaro Cardozo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sandro Lira in the 76th minute. Álvaro Cardozo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dalmo Moreira in the 79th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dalmo Moreira got free with Álvaro Cardozo in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Álvaro Cardozo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wesley Pombal in the 82nd minute of the match. Dalmo Moreira scored 2-5 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Álvaro Cardozo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Álvaro Cardozo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred Andrade, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Álvaro Cardozo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Andrade in the 94th minute of play. Álvaro Cardozo was out of position in the 96 minute of play, and Fred Andrade capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fred Andrade really showed his touch with that goal: 2-6.