U23 League

Arena Salvador
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Noureddine Seret got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, 秦枫正 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chicão de Azevedo. Torino SSA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 秦枫正 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Bitelon FC - SAF's Wilian Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Noureddine Seret in the 7th minute of play. 9 minutes into the game, Dagoberto Machado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Chicão de Azevedo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bitelon FC - SAF's Wilian Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Noureddine Seret in the 17th minute of play. Bitelon FC - SAF's Wilian Motta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Bitelon FC - SAF from getting a goal against them. Jerônimo Guerra hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Chicão de Azevedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dagoberto Machado went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Torino SSA's zone, 秦枫正 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chicão de Azevedo came out of the goal and 秦枫正 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 27th minute Bernardinho Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilian Motta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kilian Mbappè scored 1-4 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chicão de Azevedo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Bitelon FC - SAF's Bert Greenan got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Wilian Motta made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Sílvio Luiz da Costa sent off a good shot on target. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dagoberto Machado to strike the kick off in the second half. Dagoberto Machado struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Chicão de Azevedo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bitelon FC - SAF. Wilian Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardinho Aguiar in the 57th minute of play. Wilian Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardinho Aguiar in the 67th minute of play. 秦枫正 might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Chicão de Azevedo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 秦枫正 ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by 秦枫正 in the 69th minute of play forced Torino SSA's goalkeeper Chicão de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Kilian Mbappè had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilian Motta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardinho Aguiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bitelon FC - SAF's Wilian Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Luiz da Costa in the 82nd minute of play. When Torino SSA's Noureddine Seret in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bitelon FC - SAF's goalie prevented a goal. 85 minutes into the match, Bitelon FC - SAF's goal looked a bit too open when Sílvio Luiz da Costa came free, but Wilian Motta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Víktor Guerra made a precise shot to the right of Wilian Motta. Bitelon FC - SAF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-4. After a defensive mix-up in Torino SSA's zone, 秦枫正 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chicão de Azevedo came out of the goal and 秦枫正 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Bitelon FC - SAF defense, Tiago Mangueira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wilian Motta. The Bitelon FC - SAF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wilian Motta should have stopped the shot. Torino SSA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.