U18 League

Arena Peróxidos
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Anselmo Negri started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vinícius Macedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luiz Paulo da Fonseca in the 6th minute. Bruno Sanches showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renatinho Linhares in the 17th minute of the match. Vinícius Macedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luiz Paulo da Fonseca in the 19th minute. ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s attentive André Luiz Moreno managed to snatch the ball when Naldo Guedes made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Chaves in the 28th minute of play forced ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s goalkeeper Bruno Sanches to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 played minutes ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆ got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Paulo da Fonseca. Vinícius Macedo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luiz Paulo da Fonseca's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. After 35 minutes of play, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Luiz Paulo da Fonseca made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vinícius Macedo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 40 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Afonsinho Toscano came free, but Vinícius Macedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Renatinho Linhares notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Bruno Sanches. Bruno Sanches was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Vicente Chaves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Dráusio Brodel made the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Amadeu Matos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vinícius Macedo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆ reached it. Dráusio Brodel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 60th minute Luiz Paulo da Fonseca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vinícius Macedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Afonsinho Toscano got a free kick in the 61st minute. ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Bruno Sanches proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆ from getting a goal against them. Vinícius Macedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dráusio Brodel in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Paulo da Fonseca in the 73rd minute of play forced Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Vinícius Macedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Paulo da Fonseca came free, but Vinícius Macedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Sanches showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Negri, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. If Luiz Paulo da Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. André Luiz Moreno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Vinícius Macedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Afonsinho Toscano got a free kick in the 89th minute. A collision led to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Fábio Garcia hit a great ball. In the 95th minute, Inácio Zonta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inácio Zonta kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.