U18 League

Arena Black Bird
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when José Paulo Pitta took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's zone, Ademar Abraão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Luís Dracena came out of the goal and Ademar Abraão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 16th minute, José Paulo Pitta 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. After a rather tough play, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Acácio Sergipano got a free kick in the 19th minute. The supporters of Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ booed when G.E. Juventus FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reynaldo do Nascimento didn't get a good kick on the ball. Reynaldo do Nascimento scored 0-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristiano Albuquerque, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Ademar Abraão got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After 37 minutes, Fred Zonta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ and the G.E. Juventus FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Fred Zonta hit a great ball. A collision led to G.E. Juventus FSCMZ getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Edvaldo Romero hit a great ball. Pedro Luís Dracena was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Amauri Barbosa. Acácio Sergipano's late challenge caught a G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Acácio Sergipano helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Acácio Sergipano got a free kick in the 43rd minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amauri Barbosa to make the kick off. Alexandre de Lara kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Amauri Barbosa in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Luís Dracena saved G.E. Juventus FSCMZ from getting behind. After 61 played minutes Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre de Lara. With his leg Cristiano Albuquerque managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's José Paulo Pitta fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 71 minutes, Maurinho Porto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ and the G.E. Juventus FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Maurinho Porto hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. José Paulo Pitta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fred Zonta hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Paulo Pitta got free with Cristiano Albuquerque in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José Paulo Pitta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Albuquerque having to interfere. After a rather tough play, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Délio Vargas got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute, Ademar Abraão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Luís Dracena was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. When Ademar Abraão came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ademar Abraão couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Cristiano Albuquerque got control of the ball when Reynaldo do Nascimento tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 95th minute, Alexandre de Lara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.