U23 League

Laranjeiras
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cipriano Hermes started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Fluminense Football Club's Gil Maciel nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hudson Arósio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After having played for 6 minutes, Diguinho Ortiz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santo Amaro AC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diguinho Ortiz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arnaldo Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diguinho Ortiz in the 8th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Fluminense Football Club's Gil Maciel nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hudson Arósio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Hudson Arósio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Lucas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Lucas in the 21st minute of play forced Santo Amaro AC's goalkeeper Hudson Arósio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the game, Diguinho Ortiz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santo Amaro AC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fluminense Football Club the free kick. After 21 played minutes Santo Amaro AC got a freekick which was hit by Diguinho Ortiz. In the 24th minute, Diguinho Ortiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Felipe Lucas 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. Gil Maciel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Hudson Arósio made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diguinho Ortiz in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arnaldo Toledo saved Fluminense Football Club from getting behind. 39 minutes into the match, Diguinho Ortiz notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Fluminense Football Club's Arnaldo Toledo. Arnaldo Toledo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 42nd match minute, Santo Amaro AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diguinho Ortiz to maneuver through the defense. Zeca Alagoano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Hudson Arósio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hudson Arósio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Lucas in the 46th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gil Maciel to strike the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Santo Amaro AC's Cipriano Hermes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arnaldo Toledo. That made the score 2-2 after 51 minutes of play. In the 58th match minute, Fluminense Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Ceresso to maneuver through the defense. Edu de Moraes's late challenge caught a Fluminense Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edu de Moraes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st match minute, Santo Amaro AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edu de Moraes to maneuver through the defense. Cipriano Hermes hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 73 minutes into the game, Wincent Pawlik cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Arnaldo Toledo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hudson Arósio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felipe Lucas in the 82nd minute of play. Wincent Pawlik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hudson Arósio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gil Maciel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hudson Arósio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gil Maciel in the 91st minute of play. After 92 minutes of play, Fluminense Football Club's Gil Maciel made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hudson Arósio was left in no man's land by his defense there!