U21 League

Solar Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Giovani de Souza made the kick off and thus started the match. Vladimir Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emerson Sheikh in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Mala FC's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Urbano came free, but Vladimir Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mala FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Silvério Dracena was slow to take the kick. During this time ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's players had a chance to rest. After 8 played minutes ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ got a freekick which was hit by Giovani de Souza. Vladimir Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Urbano in the 11th minute of the match. Vladimir Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emerson Sheikh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimir Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovani de Souza in the 21st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Giovani de Souza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladimir Neves was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Mala FC's Vladimir Neves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giovani de Souza in the 26th minute of play. Richard Urbano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Neves having to interfere. 29 minutes into the match, Richard Urbano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vladimir Neves. Mala FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Richard Urbano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Mala FC's Vladimir Neves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Sobis in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mala FC's Christiano de Souza got a free kick in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovani de Souza in the 40th minute of play forced Mala FC's goalkeeper Vladimir Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute Emerson Sheikh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Neves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Giovani de Souza in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vladimir Neves prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 45th minute Richard Urbano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Neves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, Emerson Sheikh had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vladimir Neves. Mala FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emerson Sheikh was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The Mala FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Washington Berger to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Mala FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dida Falcão to maneuver through the defense. Giovani de Souza did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Vladimir Neves 61 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute, Samuel Dante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th minute, Washington Berger ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adrianinho Lira was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dida Falcão during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 70 played minutes Mala FC got a freekick which was hit by Dida Falcão. Vladimir Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emerson Sheikh in the 72nd minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Richard Urbano notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Mala FC's Vladimir Neves. Vladimir Neves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emerson Sheikh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Neves having to interfere. Vladimir Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovani de Souza in the 78th minute of play. Jonathan Hakimi hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes Emerson Sheikh rounded Mala FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-5. In the 96th minute, Richard Urbano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vladimir Neves was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.