Boa Vista Week 9 Roundup

Action continued in the campeonato regional of Boa Vista. Saturday saw Sport Sal-Rei Club take on Clube Desportivo Estância de Baixo. It was Desportivo who struck first in the 20’ through Edy. They wouldn’t hold the lead for long as Sal-Rei equalized thanks to Diego just five minutes later. Lay handed the lead to Sal-Rei in the 55’ and Djery finished off the game with Sal-Rei’s third in the 72’. Sal-Rei maintains their position atop the table with the 3-1 win while Desportivo continue to struggle at the bottom with only 2 points from the first 9 games.

Onze Estrelas Clube de Bofareira and Sport Clube África Show battled to a draw in the early game. It was Onze Estrelas that took the lead in the 41’ thanks to a goal from Cosmo but África Show would level in the final moments of the game [90+7’] thanks to a strike from Algiers.

Sunday saw Sporting Clube da Boa Vista attempt to close the gap on 4th placed Juventude Clube do Norte. Juventude would score, thanks to a corner kick from Beau that Hary was able to head into the bottom of the goal, in the 40’. Catxinh doubled Juventude’s lead in the 76’ and Rodrigo closed out the game just 2 minutes later. The game would end Sporting 0 - 3 Juventude.

The final game of the weekend would feature Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista and Sport Clube Sanjoanense. It was Académica that would show they deserved to be in the top half of the table by sending three past Sanjoanense. Faby, Danil, and Tacuara were the goal scorers for Académica, sending the team up to second in the table while Juventude and África Show fell to third and fourth, respectively.