U18 League

Manoel Schwartz
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Flavinho Vinhas got the match started through his kick off. Cléberson Varela's late challenge caught a ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cléberson Varela helped the player get up and apologised. Cléberson Varela kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Saidi Costa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elói Mattos in the 13th minute of the match. When Christiano de Azevedo fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s protests and gave Christiano de Azevedo a yellow card for diving instead. 18 minutes into the match, ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goal looked a bit too open when Erasmo Santana came free, but Saidi Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Saidi Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elói Mattos in the 22nd minute of play. Saidi Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erasmo Santana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Saidi Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erasmo Santana in the 25th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Segundo Volante got a free kick in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erasmo Santana in the 33rd minute of play forced ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goalkeeper Saidi Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Erasmo Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saidi Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erasmo Santana's late challenge caught a ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erasmo Santana helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ booed when INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erasmo Santana didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Conrado Rocha hit a great ball. Diego Couto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saidi Costa having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erasmo Santana to make the kick off. When Erasmo Santana came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Erasmo Santana couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Frank Linhares got a free kick in the 62nd minute. After 64 played minutes ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ got a freekick which was hit by Segundo Volante. 65 minutes into the match, Erasmo Santana notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Saidi Costa. Saidi Costa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 72 played minutes INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA got a freekick which was hit by Frank Linhares. When Luan Batista fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s protests and gave Luan Batista a yellow card for diving instead. Segundo Volante hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elói Mattos in the 84th minute of play forced ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goalkeeper Saidi Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Erasmo Santana in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 90th minute of the match, Erasmo Santana got a very nice opportunity to score, but Saidi Costa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Dida Frangopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Peri Quito's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. The supporters of ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ booed when INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amauri Borges didn't get a good kick on the ball. The INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.