U23 League

BKTECH
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Elder Hermes got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elder Hermes in the 3rd minute of play forced Bonival's goalkeeper Arthur Lago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Elder Hermes got a free kick in the 8th minute. Elder Hermes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Arthur Lago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arthur Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elder Hermes in the 13th minute of the match. After 13 minutes of play, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Elder Hermes made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arthur Lago was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Elder Hermes got free with Arthur Lago in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 18 minutes into the match, Bonival's goalkeeper Arthur Lago had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elder Hermes. In the 19th minute Elder Hermes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Lago saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Elder Hermes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 26 minutes into the match, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's goal looked a bit too open when Luka Katsebin came free, but Xande Gay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arthur Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elder Hermes in the 28th minute of the match. Arthur Lago made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucas Neves in the 29th minute. Lucas Neves received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arthur Lago came out and tried to block the shot, but Lucas Neves slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luka Katsebin in the 34th minute of play forced BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's goalkeeper Xande Gay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Arthur Lago managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Lucas Neves fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Arthur Lago made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucas Neves in the 38th minute. 39 minutes into the match, Elder Hermes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arthur Lago. Bonival's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elder Hermes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Lucas Neves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arthur Lago having to make a save. Elder Hermes had several of the Bonival's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 43 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Arthur Lago as he didn't even see the shot coming. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christiano Ramalho stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A nice corner shot did that Elder Hermes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arthur Lago quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marcus Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arthur Lago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elder Hermes in the 56th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Marcus Arce managed to get in a good position for a shot. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcus Arce was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arthur Lago breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Gökcan Afşar was substituted for Délio Nogueira. Arthur Lago showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After 69th play minutes Lucas Neves shot 5-0, a short shot which went by Arthur Lago and just under the crossbar into goal. After 73 minutes of play, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Lucas Neves made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arthur Lago was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 78th minute Elder Hermes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Lago saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Lucas Neves got a free kick in the 82nd minute. In the 84th match minute, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Arce to maneuver through the defense. Bonival made a substitution. Gonçalo Loyola replaced Oscar de Godoi. In the 88th minute, Dieguinho Matos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elder Hermes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Arthur Lago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There was no doubt that BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS were the better team. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.