U18 League

New York Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Severino de Azevedo kicked off to start the match. Walmyr de Andrade recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luiz Fernando Matos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino de Azevedo in the 5th minute of the match. Egídio Arruda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in . SC Manhattan .'s zone, Ronaldinho Mangueira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramón Vinhas came out of the goal and Ronaldinho Mangueira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in . SC Manhattan .'s zone, Christian Alves stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramón Vinhas came out of the goal and Christian Alves tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th minute, Bebeto Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Guga Queiroz during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. . SC Manhattan .'s Ramón Vinhas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Alves in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd minute Ronaldinho Mangueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramón Vinhas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. . SC Manhattan .'s Ramón Vinhas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldinho Mangueira in the 25th minute of play. Guga Queiroz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 30thth minute tested the skills of Luiz Fernando Matos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Ramón Vinhas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Alves, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Kléberson Batista's late challenge caught a ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kléberson Batista helped the player get up and apologised. Kléberson Batista hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 46 minutes into the game, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Christian Alves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ramón Vinhas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronaldinho Mangueira to make the kick off. Ronaldinho Mangueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 56th match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudinei Félix to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Faustão Maciel took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Ramón Vinhas to make any attempt to save it. If Ernesto de Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ronaldinho Nogueira hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Ernesto de Queirós received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Luiz Fernando Matos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Guga Queiroz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Claudinei Félix kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Faustão Maciel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Ramón Vinhas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ramón Vinhas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egídio Arruda in the 77th minute of the match. Mané Toledo kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Ramón Vinhas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ronaldinho Mangueira in the 83rd minute. The supporters of ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ booed when . SC Manhattan . was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bebeto Quadros didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 91st minute, Bebeto Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ramón Vinhas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egídio Arruda in the 93rd minute of play. Ronaldinho Nogueira got his second yellow card in the match during the 94th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 95th match minute, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldinho Nogueira to maneuver through the defense. Luiz Fernando Matos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guga Queiroz in the 98th minute of the match. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ played a much better game than . SC Manhattan . and deserved their victory. The . SC Manhattan . players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.