U23 League

Arena Da Zimba
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Noel Berger made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes, Renan da Fonseca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Imbituba - FSCMZ and the AS Pikachuzim players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Renan da Fonseca got a free kick in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Percy Cearense in the 6th minute of play forced Imbituba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Vítor Saraiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Luiz Matorin was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Guilherme Souza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Guilherme Souza really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Percy Cearense scored 1-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vítor Saraiva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 18th minute, Frederico Hermes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Percy Cearense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Vítor Saraiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Noel Berger in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vítor Saraiva saved Imbituba - FSCMZ from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guilherme Souza in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Luiz Matorin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Pedro Luiz Matorin managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Imbituba - FSCMZ's Guilherme Souza fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 35 minutes into the match, AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Matorin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guilherme Souza. After a rather tough play, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Adalberto Vale got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Renan da Fonseca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sérgio de Sena during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 61 minutes into the match, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Guilherme Souza sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Luiz Matorin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 62 minutes of play Imbituba - FSCMZ's Renan da Fonseca was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Imbituba - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Renan da Fonseca hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Frederico Hermes got a free kick in the 66th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Noel Berger got free with Vítor Saraiva in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Guilherme Souza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Luiz Matorin was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Matorin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 81 played minutes AS Pikachuzim got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Reis. Pedro Luiz Matorin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guilherme Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Luiz Matorin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guilherme Souza's shot from short distance in the 96th minute.