U21 League

Arena da Amazonia
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Alexandre Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Novaes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, Francisco Novaes notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Manaus FC's Alexandre Toledo. Alexandre Toledo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Wesley Sena came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the RÖK 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 Wesley Sena couldn't finish the play. Alfredinho Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Alexandre Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wesley Sena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexandre Toledo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wesley Sena went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 31 minutes into the match, Manaus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wesley Sena came free, but Alexandre Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Francisco Novaes succeeded in the game's 32nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Francisco Novaes put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Alexandre Toledo. After 40 minutes of play, RÖK's Juninho Souto made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alexandre Toledo was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 43 minutes, Wesley Sena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RÖK and the Manaus FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Manaus FC booed when RÖK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wesley Sena didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Juninho Souto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nicolas Travassos to strike the kick off in the second half. Wesley Sena received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alexandre Toledo came out and tried to block the shot, but Wesley Sena slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 55th minute. Alexandre Toledo was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Francisco Novaes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Francisco Novaes really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. With his leg Alexandre Toledo managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when RÖK's Wesley Sena fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Henrique Ramos charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henrique Ramos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 65th minute of the match Emílio Albuquerque sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alexandre Toledo skillfully saved the ball. Francisco Novaes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alexandre Toledo came out and tried to block the shot, but Francisco Novaes slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 72nd minute. With an all-out effort, RÖK's Alexandre Toledo threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Juninho Souto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The crowd rose to their feet as Francisco Novaes kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alexandre Toledo. That made the score 0-9 in the 79 minute of play. Wesley Sena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 84th minute, RÖK's Francisco Novaes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. In the 93rd match minute, Manaus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas Travassos to maneuver through the defense. RÖK played a much better game than Manaus FC and deserved their victory. The Manaus FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.