Ferroviário vs. Brasil

Ferroviário vs. Brasil
Estádio Presidente Vargas
8 Novembro 2006
1930

Ferroviário battled Brasil in Brasilian Serie C action tonight. Brasil entered the game in eighth and last place in the final round of Serie C, while Ferroviário entered the game in sixth position. Ferroviário was looking for the win which could potentially elevate them into one of the top four positions in Serie C, the promotion positions, with several games remaining in the season.

Ferroviário started slowly as usual, and Brasil found themselves with a striker all alone in the penalty area. The Ferrão keeper however made back to back incredible saves to keep the game scoreless. For the remainder of the first half, play was dominated by Ferroviário, with striker #11 continually dancing past defenders to create incredible scoring chances. Chance after chance ended up sailing wide of the goalposts, and despite many opportunities, the game remained scoreless. Still, the Brasil defenders grew frustrated with being embarassed by the moves of the Ferrão strikers, and repeatedly committed tactical fouls after beign beaten. The referee did well to caution the majority of these offenses, each time showing the yellow card.

After a scoreless first half, the teams returned to action with Ferroviário domianting the first fifteen minutes, but still repeatedly missing the net. Finally, twenty minutes in, a beautiful series of passes found the Ferrão striker wide open 10 yards out, and the player made no mistake innettign the game's first goal. The yellow cards continued to fly out of the referee's pocket, all shown to Brasil, and finally a few moments after the first goal, a Brasil defender received the game's first red card for a second caution, after committing a foul that lead to a Ferroviário penalty kick. The kick was converted to give Ferrão a 2-0 lead. Not long after this red card, a straight red card was given to a Brasil midfielder for a vicious elbow to a Ferroviário attacker who had beaten the defense and gained a breakaway. With a two man advantage, Ferroviário soon capitalized on a free kick from 25 yards out to take the 3-0 lead. A third red card was issued late in the game to another Brasil defender, leaving the teams to play 11 vs. 8 for the final 10 minutes of the match. Ferroviário took the victory, 3-0, while Brasil ended the game with 3 red cards and innumerable yellow cards (11 by my best estimate). Ferroviário exemplified brilliant attacking soccer with the win, while Brasil only seemed capable of dirty play and repeated tactical fouls.