League

Caiapo
Spectators: 7244 (Terracing: 5434, Seating: 1666, VIP seats: 144) An unexpectedly hard shot by Túlio Bertassi in the 3rd minute of play forced Cacaroca's goalkeeper Richard Linares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Túlio Bertassi's late challenge caught a Cacaroca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Túlio Bertassi helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Caiapo's Diguinho Proença got a free kick in the 8th minute. With a little luck, Cacaroca's Richard Linares got control of the ball when Túlio Bertassi tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Richard Linares managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when Caiapo's Almir Senna fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Valdemar Marques hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the match, Cacaroca's goal looked a bit too open when Almir Senna came free, but Richard Linares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute, Anselmo Brasil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th minute of the match Túlio Bertassi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Richard Linares showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Richard Linares didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 30th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Amílton Schmidt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Túlio Vianna in the 34th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Almir Senna in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Richard Linares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Richard Linares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Almir Senna, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Cacaroca's Richard Linares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Cacaroca from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Almir Senna kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Richard Linares. That made the score 2-0 in the 47 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Almir Senna stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Richard Linares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diguinho Proença in the 56th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Almir Senna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Richard Linares was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. 72 minutes into the match, Cacaroca's goal looked a bit too open when Almir Senna came free, but Richard Linares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Almir Senna left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Caiapo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. After 80 played minutes, Caiapo's Túlio Bertassi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Richard Linares came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Caiapo reached it. In the 83rd minute, Anselmo Brasil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cacaroca's Richard Linares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Almir Senna in the 86th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cacaroca's Aílton Saraiva got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute of the match Túlio Bertassi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Richard Linares showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Caiapo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.