U23 League

Arena Black Bird
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Alessandro Mesquita 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. Caio da Costa made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Alessandro Mesquita sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Alessandro Mesquita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Caio da Costa was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Fábio Chițan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jairo Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute Abutres 2003 FDP were awarded a corner. Flavinho Britto went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Abutres 2003 FDP's Flavinho Britto to fire away a dangerous shot which Fábio Chițan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Christian Saldanha dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Caio da Costa, 1-0. After having played for 16 minutes, Flavinho Britto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abutres 2003 FDP's supporters crossed their fingers, but Flavinho Britto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abutres 2003 FDP's Caio da Costa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Abutres 2003 FDP from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Abutres 2003 FDP getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Geovani do Nascimento hit a great ball. Dorival Viana was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 20th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Abutres 2003 FDP's Jairo Leão in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's goalie prevented a goal. Fábio Chițan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Vidal in the 30th minute of the match. Fábio Chițan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaldo Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Fábio Chițan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Vidal, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jairo Leão stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fábio Chițan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vinícius Soeiro in the 51st minute. After 55 minutes of play, Abutres 2003 FDP's Vinícius Soeiro made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fábio Chițan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fábio Chițan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristóvão de Salles in the 59th minute of play. If Arnaldo Pires had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute, Michel Miranda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristóvão de Salles might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fábio Chițan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristóvão de Salles ran back to his position shaking his head. 74 minutes into the match, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Vidal came free, but Fábio Chițan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alessandro Mesquita in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Caio da Costa saved Abutres 2003 FDP from getting behind. The Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ fans' excitement grew in the 80th match minute when Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Christian Saldanha looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 83 minutes into the match, Alessandro Mesquita notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Abutres 2003 FDP's Caio da Costa. Caio da Costa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 86th minute, Gabriel Vidal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fábio Chițan. The goal made the score 3-3. Flavinho Britto hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. The Abutres 2003 FDP players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ from taking control. The game ends in a draw.