U18 League

Crazy
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Décio de Brito got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute Zé Paulo Maia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Siqueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 4th minute, Dráusio de Salles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Jano Castro came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Real Fantasma 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 Jano Castro couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Zé Paulo Maia took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Rodolfo Siqueira to make any attempt to save it. When Walmyr Zonta came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Real Fantasma 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 Walmyr Zonta couldn't finish the play. Décio de Brito kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Álvaro de Castro hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Rodolfo Siqueira was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Ramiro Medeiros. When Jano Castro came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Real Fantasma 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 Jano Castro couldn't finish the play. When A A Arizona's Fabinho Sanches in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Real Fantasma's goalie prevented a goal. Rômulo Moreno didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vágner Pitta went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Fabinho Sanches fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rômulo Moreno having to interfere. Pedro Luís Bertassi took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rômulo Moreno. Rômulo Moreno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Walmyr Zonta kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, A A Arizona's Álvaro de Castro got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 55th minute, Jano Castro 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. The audience was convinced that Mauro Rodrigues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rômulo Moreno was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Vágner Pitta was extremely unlucky when he, in the 65th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Rômulo Moreno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabinho Sanches, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Simão Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Rômulo Moreno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Gustavo Teixeira charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Gustavo Teixeira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luís Gustavo Teixeira hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Rômulo Moreno came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by A A Arizona's Simão Sena. But to his dismay, Simão Sena quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. The supporters of Real Fantasma booed when A A Arizona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Álvaro de Castro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute, Ramiro Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Luís Bertassi in the 88th minute of play forced Real Fantasma's goalkeeper Rômulo Moreno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rômulo Moreno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vágner Pitta in the 94th minute of play. When the match was over A A Arizona could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Real Fantasma throughout the match.