U21 League

Arena Julio Verne
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Reinaldo França started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nautilus's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Renan Vargas was slow to take the kick. During this time AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. In the 7th minute, Reinaldo França ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Caco Marques was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo França in the 11th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Caco Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Caco Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinaldo França, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Reinaldo França put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Caco Marques. Benedito Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Vítor Trigo in the 22nd minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Tarcisio Matos in the 25th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ's Charles Trevisan. In the 26th minute Reinaldo França shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caco Marques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Caco Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinaldo França, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After 29 played minutes AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Charles Trevisan. After 33 minutes of play, AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ's Reinaldo França made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Caco Marques was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nautilus's Caco Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo França in the 36th minute of play. Reinaldo França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. José Vítor Trigo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benedito Esteves came out and tried to block the shot, but José Vítor Trigo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 39th minute. If Murillo Lima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and José Vítor Trigo made a kick off. Reinaldo França's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Caco Marques firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nautilus's goalkeeper Caco Marques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Nautilus getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Wilian Vieira hit a great ball. Caco Marques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renan Vargas in the 58th minute of play. Benedito Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Vítor Trigo in the 60th minute of play. After a rather tough play, AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ's Reinaldo França got a free kick in the 61st minute. José Vítor Trigo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Benedito Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th minute, Henrique Passos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benedito Esteves was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Reinaldo França took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Caco Marques. Caco Marques dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Reinaldo França might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Caco Marques. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Reinaldo França ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo França in the 79th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Caco Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ's Reinaldo França managed to work through Nautilus's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Reinaldo França dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. When Augusto Senna fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nautilus's protests and gave Augusto Senna a yellow card for diving instead. Benedito Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandrinho Valadares in the 87th minute of the match. Caco Marques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reinaldo França in the 91st minute of play. AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ were awarded a corner in the 93th minute after Nautilus's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Renan Vargas took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Renan Vargas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Caco Marques quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Reinaldo França came free with the goalkeeper in the 94th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Caco Marques could save by the left post. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. AtAnAkAs F.C FSCMZ walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.