U23 League

Estádio Minuim
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Franklin Araújo got the match started through his kick off. In the 11th minute, Ramón Nogueira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Narciso Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franklin Araújo, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After some careless play in the Minuim SS defense, Frank Mesquita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Narciso Rocha. The Minuim SS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Narciso Rocha should have stopped the shot. In the 20th match minute, Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nando Veiga to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute, Franklin Araújo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Narciso Rocha was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. 29 minutes into the game, Frank Mesquita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Narciso Rocha was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franklin Araújo in the 32nd minute of play forced Minuim SS's goalkeeper Narciso Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Minuim SS getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Vito Ribeiro hit a great ball. A hard and well directed shot from Frank Mesquita led 36 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Minuim SS's Narciso Rocha became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 0-5. Narciso Rocha came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ's Ramón Nogueira. But to his dismay, Ramón Nogueira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Silvério Cordeiro's late challenge caught a Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silvério Cordeiro helped the player get up and apologised. After 43 played minutes Minuim SS got a freekick which was hit by Silvério Cordeiro. Clemente Salgado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Silvério Cordeiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Franklin Araújo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Narciso Rocha was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Franklin Araújo in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Narciso Rocha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 53rd match minute, Minuim SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vito Ribeiro to maneuver through the defense. Narciso Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franklin Araújo, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. A collision led to Minuim SS getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Vito Ribeiro hit a great ball. In the 60th match minute Frank Mesquita ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Narciso Rocha. 0-7. With a little luck, Minuim SS's Narciso Rocha got control of the ball when Franklin Araújo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Franklin Araújo hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute, Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ's Franklin Araújo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. Reynaldo Gaspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Wesley Quadros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Ramón Nogueira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Narciso Rocha. The goal made the score 0-9. After a rather tough play, Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ's Juvenal Netto got a free kick in the 80th minute. A collision led to Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Nando Veiga hit a great ball. Silvério Cordeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Wesley Quadros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Franklin Araújo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Narciso Rocha made a huge save. When the final whistle sounded Los Colonos F.C - FSCMZ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Minuim SS.