U18 League

Jaciara
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when José Vítor Rodrigues took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Independente FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. José Vítor Rodrigues hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Mukifus FSCMZ's zone, Ezequiel Barral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jean Romero came out of the goal and Ezequiel Barral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th match minute, Independente FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeu Guerra to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 18 in the game by Marcel Mendes from a close distance when the talented Jean Romero managed to make a qualified save. Mukifus FSCMZ's players were relieved. When João Paulo Neiva fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mukifus FSCMZ's protests and gave João Paulo Neiva a yellow card for diving instead. After 21 played minutes Mukifus FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by João Paulo Neiva. Jean Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Vítor Rodrigues in the 27th minute of the match. If Zé Carlos de Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Independente FC's Inácio das Neves got a free kick in the 36th minute. Jean Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Vítor Rodrigues in the 40th minute of play. If José Vítor Rodrigues had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Paulo Neiva to make the kick off. If Zé Carlos de Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 2-1 became the score in the 56th minute when Zé Carlos de Azevedo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Delfim Figueiredo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zé Carlos de Azevedo took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jean Romero. Jean Romero dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. After a rather tough play, Mukifus FSCMZ's Dino Vasconcelos got a free kick in the 66th minute. Jean Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Vítor Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Jean Romero came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Independente FC's José Vítor Rodrigues. But to his dismay, José Vítor Rodrigues quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. In the 73rd minute, Zé Carlos de Azevedo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jean Romero was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Vítor Rodrigues in the 77th minute of play forced Mukifus FSCMZ's goalkeeper Jean Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jean Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Vítor Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Nestor Quintal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Paulo Neiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Independente FC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Tiago Gabriel Rodrigues hit a great ball. 86 minutes into the match, Marcel Mendes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jean Romero. Mukifus FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcel Mendes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. 90 minutes into the match, João Paulo Neiva notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Independente FC's Nestor Quintal. Nestor Quintal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ezequiel Barral hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the Independente FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.