U23 League

Arena do Macabeus
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ezio Gøl made the kick off which started today's match. Vito Furlan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nilmar de Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Orlando Loyola hit a great ball. Alisson Goycochea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carlos Fernando Moreno's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. After a rather tough play, TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's Jardel Macedo got a free kick in the 9th minute. After 11 played minutes TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG got a freekick which was hit by Didi Prado. The audience was convinced that Ezio Gøl's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vito Furlan was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Vito Furlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Valencia in the 20th minute of play. Ezio Gøl took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vito Furlan. Vito Furlan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 36 minutes into the match, TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's goal looked a bit too open when Ezio Gøl came free, but Vito Furlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Didi Prado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fred Valencia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vito Furlan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fred Valencia in the 54th minute. After 61 played minutes TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG got a freekick which was hit by Jardel Macedo. With a little luck, TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's Vito Furlan got control of the ball when Ezio Gøl tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 66th minute, Nilmar de Souza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vito Furlan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Lucas Head Son was substituted for Ezio Gøl. Alisson Goycochea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Fernando Moreno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vito Furlan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nilmar de Souza went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucas Head Son in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vito Furlan saved TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG from getting behind. 95 minutes into the game, Gerson Rezende was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG the free kick. In the 95th minute, Gerson Rezende hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG throughout the match.