U23 League

Eddie the Head Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Iron Maiden Football OFF's Dagoberto Vander started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Maurinho Neves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Patrick Trevisan's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. 14 minutes into the match, Patrick Trevisan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maurinho Neves. Iron Maiden Football OFF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patrick Trevisan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Patrick Trevisan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 27 minutes of play, Iron Maiden Football OFF's Valdir de Azevedo made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvério Dracena was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dinei Zanette got a throw-in 33 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Valdir de Azevedo. Maurinho Neves came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Patrick Trevisan. But to his dismay, Patrick Trevisan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. If Cléber Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Maurinho Neves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patrick Trevisan went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Patrick Trevisan made a kick off. Emerson Sheikh struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Maurinho Neves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ. Iron Maiden Football OFF's Maurinho Neves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Trevisan in the 52nd minute of play. In the 59th match minute, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kléber Mendes to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Emerson Sheikh dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-7. Maurinho Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emerson Sheikh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ booed when Iron Maiden Football OFF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júnior Secco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maurinho Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Trevisan in the 78th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Iron Maiden Football OFF's zone, Rafael Sobis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maurinho Neves came out of the goal and Rafael Sobis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Patrick Trevisan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maurinho Neves was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 82nd minute Dagoberto Vander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvério Dracena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafael Sobis got free with Maurinho Neves in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Patrick Trevisan scored 1-8 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Maurinho Neves, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Cléber Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patrick Trevisan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rafael Sobis struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Maurinho Neves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ. Maurinho Neves made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Patrick Trevisan sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the match, Patrick Trevisan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Maurinho Neves, 1-9. When the match was over ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Iron Maiden Football OFF throughout the match.