Match Report


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Match Report
The sky is dark and overcast here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse where Criciúma play host to Santa Cruz. A crowd of 20,726 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Both Criciúma and Santa Cruz are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Alves De S. Barbosa.


0.00
Criciúma get the match underway!
3.23
Carlos Marino plays the ball forward to Mauricio Cruz. Mauricio Cruz runs straight at the defence! Mauricio Cruz rockets a shot on goal. Gabriel Azcona gathers the ball up comfortably. Top class keeping!
6.09
John Hidalgo flicks a high pass forward. Heitor Schmidt collects the pass. Heitor Schmidt hits a low pass to Alvin Ramirez. Alvin Ramirez knocks in a cross ball towards Julio Brooks. Julio Brooks rises majestically and gets a header on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
15.55
D. Santos Martins flicks the ball to his team mate, Nahuel Castaneda. Nahuel Castaneda knocks in a cross ball towards Mauricio Cruz. Mauricio Cruz finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head. Gabriel Azcona easily picks it out of the air!
20.03
John Hidalgo comes in with a late challenge on Nahuel Castaneda. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Nahuel Castaneda runs off the knock.
22.42
Virgil Bedoya flicks a high pass forward. Mauricio Cruz collects the pass. Mauricio Cruz shoots from 20 yards but it is shockingly off target!
27.20
Lucas Valdez hits a low pass to D. Santos Martins. Showing composure, D. Santos Martins plays the ball forward to Amaro Bustamante. Amaro Bustamante makes a probing pass to Mauricio Cruz but he's offside!
30.48
Bernard Arnoux flicks a high pass forward. Guilherme Ochoa holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Guilherme Ochoa knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ezequiel Rubio.
36.20
Bernard Arnoux flicks the ball to his team mate, Julio Brooks. Julio Brooks plays a scrappy one-two with Alvin Ramirez and advances towards the goal... Julio Brooks comes in from the left and smashes a shot from 9 yards out but he balloons it over the crossbar!
38.15
Servando Martinez flicks the ball to his team mate, Alvin Ramirez. Alvin Ramirez shoots from distance but it slams into the crowd!
39.04
Carlos Marino knocks the ball forward to Nahuel Castaneda. Nahuel Castaneda sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The keeper is more than a match for it. Superb keeping!
45.00
Virgil Bedoya makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mauricio Cruz. Mauricio Cruz shoots from outside the area but Gabriel Azcona is on top of it.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Criciúma appear unchanged since the first half. Santa Cruz also appear unchanged since the first half. Both teams look fired up and appear much more hungry than they were previously.

45.00
Santa Cruz start the second half!
47.15
John Hidalgo plays the ball forward to Bernard Arnoux. Bernard Arnoux chips the ball to his team mate, Guilherme Ochoa. Guilherme Ochoa knocks in a cross ball towards Julio Brooks. Julio Brooks is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
51.26
Heitor Schmidt runs straight at the opposition's defence. Heitor Schmidt lofts in a cross ball towards Guilherme Ochoa. Guilherme Ochoa outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward. Solid save from Nicolas Rubio. What a great pair of hands!
53.45
Bernardo De Souza chips the ball to his team mate, Carlos Marino. With a delightful solo run, Carlos Marino stretches the opposition's defence. Carlos Marino shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
54.08
Virgil Bedoya flicks a high pass forward. Amaro Bustamante collects the pass. Amaro Bustamante lofts in a cross ball towards Mauricio Cruz. With a superhuman jump, Mauricio Cruz connects with the ball and heads it goalwards. The ball clips the underside of the bar and bounces just over the line. The fans cheer wildly!
59.28
Virgil Bedoya makes a probing pass to Mauricio Cruz. Mauricio Cruz makes a defence splitting pass to Nahuel Castaneda. Nahuel Castaneda comes in from the left and smashes a shot from 10 yards out. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is on top of it. Nice keeping!
60.26
Santa Cruz have made 2 substitutions with Alejo Mateo replacing Bernardo De Souza and Alessandro Zuniga replacing D. Santos Martins .
61.30
Carlos Marino flicks a high ball forward to Mauricio Cruz who takes it down. Mauricio Cruz skips past John Hidalgo! Mauricio Cruz looks for support before firing off a hurried shot at goal. It's there!! Gabriel Azcona has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
65.01
John Hidalgo makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Javier Cortes. Javier Cortes flicks a high pass forward. Julio Brooks holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Julio Brooks knocks in a cross ball towards Alvin Ramirez. Alvin Ramirez directs the ball goalwards with his head. The shot is on target but blocked by Lucas Valdez. That should have been a goal!
67.57
Lucas Valdez knocks the ball to his team mate, Carlos Marino. Carlos Marino takes it forward alone. Carlos Marino skips past Gianni Valencia! Carlos Marino shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball dips but the keeper is on top of it. Excellent keeping!
69.53
Ezequiel Rubio flicks a high pass forward. Roberto Carlos Méndez controls it well on his chest. Roberto Carlos Méndez kicks a strong pass forward to Nahuel Castaneda. Nahuel Castaneda knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Marion Gonzalez.
71.39
Virgil Bedoya kicks a strong pass forward to Amaro Bustamante. Amaro Bustamante runs straight at the defence! Some silky footwork from Amaro Bustamante provides him some room. He curls a shot at goal. Superb reactions from Gabriel Azcona. What a save!
73.04
Ezequiel Rubio clumsily knocks into Alvin Ramirez. The referee calls over Ezequiel Rubio and shows him a yellow card! Alvin Ramirez carries on, but is struggling a bit.
77.19
Alessandro Zuniga flicks a high pass forward. Nahuel Castaneda collects the pass. Nahuel Castaneda deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mauricio Cruz but the linesman indicates offside!
83.09
Marion Gonzalez hacks Amaro Bustamante from behind! The referee warns Marion Gonzalez to calm down! Amaro Bustamante stretches but gets up unharmed.
87.46
Alessandro Zuniga makes a probing pass to Mauricio Cruz. Mauricio Cruz knocks in a cross ball towards Amaro Bustamante. Amaro Bustamante makes a convincing header. Amaro Bustamante scores for Santa Cruz!!
90.00
Lucas Valdez makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Virgil Bedoya. Virgil Bedoya flicks a high ball forward to Mauricio Cruz who takes it down. Mauricio Cruz shoots from outside the area. The ball clips the outside of the post and goes out!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!

Match Statistics
Goals
1
3
Shots on Target
3
10
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
0
3
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
30.8%
69.2%
Play Area
34.6%
42.3%
23.1%


Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Mauricio Cruz of Santa Cruz

Match Ratings