Football Club Riograndense · Rio Grande, Brazil

Nico’s Goal.

A recreation built from the commentary and the club’s visual references.

Film · Produced in 2026 · 1m34s

Antônio Azambuja Nunes, known as Nico, is one of Football Club Riograndense’s idols in Rio Grande. Nicknamed O Bombardeador, he was the top scorer in the 1967 Rio Grande do Sul State Championship, with 17 goals.

This film recreates a goal he scored against Guarany Atlântico, from Santa Maria, at the old Torquato Pontes stadium. The original commentary of the play, together with photographs and references shared by the club, was the starting point for reconstructing the scene.

The date and competition of this match have not yet been confirmed. The year 1967 refers to Nico’s top-scorer achievement.

A film by Lucas CanezCinematic recreation

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The starting point

The recording began with the play already underway.

The recording supplied by Riograndense goes straight into the play. Listening to it and looking through the archive photographs, I began to imagine what came before: supporters arriving, the stadium filling up and the players preparing to take the field.

01 · Original recording

The goal commentary

The recording supplied for the project, kept here as it arrived in the archive.

02 · Recreated opening

Before the ball reaches Nico

We created a radio-style introduction to accompany the arrival at the stadium and give context to the moments before the play. This part of the commentary was generated with AI.

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The stadium in photographs

The covered stand, the steps and the wall with circular openings can all be seen in the supplied photographs. These details guided the recreation of Torquato Pontes, including scenes shot from positions not shown in those records.

Black-and-white photograph of the old covered stand and its wall with circular openings. — Covered stand · supplied archiveArchive photograph

Film frame: people walk along the passage between the covered stand and the boundary wall. — Arriving · frame from the film00:07

What the photograph preserves

In the photograph, the stadium is empty; in the film, the passage fills with people finding seats and meeting friends. The structure comes from the references, while the movements and small encounters were imagined for the scene.

Colour photograph supplied by the club, showing supporters, flags and the covered stand in the background. — Supporters and flags at Torquato Pontes. Photograph from the supplied archive.

The colours were in the archive too

The photograph shows red and yellow in the flags and clothing, as well as the relationship between the supporters, the stand and the pitch. It helped shape the way people inhabit this space.

Two supporters talk in the stand in a frame from the film. — Meeting in the stand. Frame from the film, 00:15.

The dates of these photographs have not been confirmed. They are references of the stadium, not records attributed to the match in which the goal was scored.

Beyond the covered stand

The photographs also show the uncovered terrace, the houses behind it and how close supporters were to the pitch. The view beside the goal reveals the net, the boundary wall and the crowd across the uncovered section.

Archive photograph of a free kick, with the uncovered terrace and houses in the background. — The uncovered terracePhotograph from the supplied archive; date unconfirmed. The play shown has not been identified as the goal heard in the film.

Goal in the foreground, players in action and supporters in the uncovered section of the old Torquato Pontes stadium. — The stadium seen from beside the goalAnother angle of the pitch and supporters. Photograph from the supplied archive; date unconfirmed.

The two kits

The wardrobe references guided the colours, collars, badges and trim of the shirts. Each team needed to remain recognisable across the different shots of the match.

Image supplied as a Riograndense kit reference: a team wearing red shirts with yellow details, white shorts and yellow socks. — Home · Riograndense, Rio Grande
Kit reference image supplied for the production. The image’s date has not been confirmed.

Detail of a preserved Guarany Atlântico shirt, with blue, black and white stripes, a white collar, badge and a sash bearing the year 1962. — Visitors · Guarany Atlântico, Santa Maria
Detail of a preserved shirt used as a reference. The 1962 sash belongs to the photograph and does not date the goal.

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The stadium in 3D

We built a basic model of the stadium to establish the covered stand, the terraces, the pitch and the entrances. With that base, we could choose the camera height and position before producing each scene, keeping the spaces connected throughout the film.

Basic three-dimensional model of the covered stand seen from the pitch. — Covered stand from the pitch

Three-dimensional study of a low camera angle along the terrace passage. — Terrace passage

Three-dimensional camera study of the entrance beneath the stand. — Entrance beneath the stand

From the model to the film frame

The entrance shows that transition: first the volumes and the camera position, then the setting that appears in the final cut.

Film frame showing the entrance and the people in the stand above it. — The entrance · frame from the film00:17

The model establishes the space; details not clarified by the archive were interpreted in the recreation.

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Nico, from the archive to the scene

The images of Nico supplied by the club guided the character’s appearance. From them, we imagined moments that were not captured in that recording, such as the preparations in the dressing room and the reaction after the goal.

Nico, nicknamed O Bombardeador, crouching in Riograndense’s kit in a photograph from the supplied archive. — Nico, O Bombardeador. Photograph from the archive supplied by the club.

Close-up of the recreated Nico in the dressing room in the final film. — In the dressing room. Frame from the film.00:26.5

The face has a real reference, but the gesture, the gaze and everything happening around him belong to the staging. The intention was to place Nico within a sequence, with a before and an after to the play preserved by the commentary.

Nico smiling with his arms outstretched during the celebration. — The celebration. Frame from the film.01:25.5

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Film credits

Film: Lucas Canez
Production: Studio LLS
Archive and references: Football Club Riograndense
Year of production: 2026

About the recreation

The film is a cinematic recreation, not footage of the match. The photographs marked as archive material are real references supplied for the project. The goal sequence uses the original commentary; the opening commentary was created with AI.

Sources and historical context

Grupo Oceano records the nickname and the 1967 top-scorer achievement. RSSSF’s list of top scorers gives his tally as 17 goals in that championship.

The opponent, Guarany Atlântico from Santa Maria, is identified in the supplied recording. The sources consulted did not confirm the year or competition of this match. The photographs help reconstruct the stadium, but do not establish the date of the goal.

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