League

Inferno Azul
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pedro Mattos made the kick off which started today's match. Yuri Recife fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Fernando Souza having to interfere. Raí Sá hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Yuri Recife fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Fernando Souza having to interfere. Jhon Rabelo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Natã Magalhães made a huge save. Pedrão Abreu kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, U18 Cruzeiro's Pedrão Abreu got a free kick in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Martins in the 17th minute of play forced U18 Cruzeiro's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Fernando Souza came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Osasco Rubro-Negra FC's Pedro Mattos. But to his dismay, Pedro Mattos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Jhon Rabelo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the U18 Cruzeiro defense, Pedro Mattos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luiz Fernando Souza. The U18 Cruzeiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luiz Fernando Souza should have stopped the shot. Luiz Fernando Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Mattos in the 36th minute of the match. Luiz Fernando Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Mattos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luiz Fernando Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enio Tavares in the 40th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Pedro Mattos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luiz Fernando Souza was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Yuri Recife hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jhon Rabelo was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, U18 Cruzeiro's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Souza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joaquim Martins. Luiz Fernando Souza was a little too slow when Yuri Recife got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 0-3. With a little luck, U18 Cruzeiro's Luiz Fernando Souza got control of the ball when Artur Brodel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Enio Tavares succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 63rd playminute. Yuri Recife scored 0-6 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luiz Fernando Souza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 73rd minute Pedro Mattos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fernando Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yuri Recife got free with Luiz Fernando Souza in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luiz Fernando Souza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuri Recife in the 75th minute. Luiz Fernando Souza made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Pedro Mattos sent off a good shot on target. Luiz Fernando Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Recife in the 79th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, U18 Cruzeiro's goal looked a bit too open when Enio Tavares came free, but Luiz Fernando Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute, Pedro Mattos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luiz Fernando Souza. The goal made the score 0-7. After a rather tough play, U18 Cruzeiro's Raí Sá got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Enio Tavares 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. Osasco Rubro-Negra FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.