U23 League

Tigre Arena
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The mood of the audience was pleasant when César Moraes made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the game, César Moraes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xiboquinha FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tigre das Américas the free kick. In the 3rd match minute, Xiboquinha FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Moraes to maneuver through the defense. Tigre das Américas's Liu Tian Zheng shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 4th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Rony Zanette but with some difficulty. In the 6th minute, Tage Backlund left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Xiboquinha FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Xiboquinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Washington Cruz came free, but Rony Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rony Zanette made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lidon Bernardo in the 14th minute. Lidon Bernardos short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Rony Zanette to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Rony Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leopoldo Tavares in the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphael Madureira in the 21st minute of play forced Xiboquinha FC's goalkeeper Rony Zanette to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xiboquinha FC's Rony Zanette proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Xiboquinha FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that César Moraes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gualter Pinheiro was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. 30 minutes into the game, Manoel Couto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xiboquinha FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tigre das Américas the free kick. After a rather tough play, Xiboquinha FC's Manoel Couto got a free kick in the 30th minute. Gualter Pinheiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tage Backlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute Tage Backlund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gualter Pinheiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 40 minutes of play Xiboquinha FC's César Moraes was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Xiboquinha FC's César Moraes got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 46th minute Hulk Fenomeno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rony Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lidon Bernardo to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Xiboquinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Tavares came free, but Rony Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xiboquinha FC's Rony Zanette played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hulk Fenomeno in the 58th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tigre das Américas's Turgut Tuluk got a free kick in the 66th minute. Xiboquinha FC's Jeremias Preuss was substituted for Tage Backlund. A collision led to Tigre das Américas getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Turgut Tuluk hit a great ball. Xiboquinha FC's Rony Zanette played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lidon Bernardo in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Tiberiu Jienescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Xiboquinha FC booed when Tigre das Américas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Turgut Tuluk didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute, Sílvio Favoretto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute, Albano Eladio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Raphael Madureira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tigre das Américas's supporters rose to their feet, but Raphael Madureira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rony Zanette breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Xiboquinha FC's Sílvio Favoretto got a free kick in the 86th minute. Tigre das Américas were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.