U23 League

Lagoa Azul
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Manoel Romero got the match started through his kick off. Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Nautilus from getting a goal against them. Gil de Medeiros didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 5th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Gil de Medeiros stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Manoel Romero's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. In the 15th minute, José Pedro Paraense left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fala Sério FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Gil de Medeiros didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Fala Sério FC's José Pedro Paraense shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Gil de Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manoel Romero, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Manoel Romero fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Alexsandro Ribeiro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Nautilus's Richard Ferreira shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Nautilus's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Richard Ferreira in the 38th minute. Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Pedro Paraense in the 43rd minute of play. If Richard Ferreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Ferreira in the 46th minute of play forced Fala Sério FC's goalkeeper Alexsandro Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-2 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Richard Ferreira to make the kick off. Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Pedro Paraense in the 52nd minute of play. Laerte Tasso charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Laerte Tasso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Nautilus's Laerte Tasso got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Pedro Paraense in the 55th minute of play. José Pedro Paraense scored 5-2 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gil de Medeiros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 63 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goal looked a bit too open when Manoel Romero came free, but Gil de Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Nautilus defense, José Pedro Paraense kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gil de Medeiros. The Nautilus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gil de Medeiros should have stopped the shot. In the 68th minute, Manoel Romero got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dorian Meireles kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Gil de Medeiros stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Manoel Romero's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Manoel Romero recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. José Pedro Paraense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Gil de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manoel Romero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gil de Medeiros having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manoel Romero in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gil de Medeiros saved Nautilus from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Manoel Romero in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gil de Medeiros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Manoel Romero took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gil de Medeiros. Gil de Medeiros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-2. After 88 minutes of play Nautilus's Laerte Tasso 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. In the 89th minute, Laerte Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Nautilus's zone, José Pedro Paraense stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gil de Medeiros came out of the goal and José Pedro Paraense tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Fala Sério FC fully deserved thier win.