U23 League

Estádio Gurjao
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. Luiz Gustavo Braga started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Arí Ramalho came free, but Celsinho Vander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute Luiz Gustavo Braga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Pitta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, Gurjao's goal looked a bit too open when Teodoro Berger came free, but David Pitta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anderson Velloso in the 9th minute of play forced Gurjao's goalkeeper David Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Pitta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodoro Berger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Mota came free, but Celsinho Vander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 13 minutes of play, AFC - Curitiba's Luiz Gustavo Braga made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Pitta was left in no man's land by his defense there! 16 minutes into the game, Luiz Gustavo Braga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. David Pitta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 21 minutes into the match, Teodoro Berger notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Gurjao's David Pitta. David Pitta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 24th minute Válter Pereira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celsinho Vander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Luiz Gustavo Braga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. David Pitta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 29 minutes, Luiz Gustavo Braga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AFC - Curitiba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luiz Gustavo Braga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 32nd minute Anderson Velloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Pitta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Anderson Velloso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Pitta. Gurjao's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anderson Velloso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. After 44 minutes of play, AFC - Curitiba's Luiz Gustavo Braga made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Pitta was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 46 played minutes Gurjao got a freekick which was hit by Leandro Mota.

The wind increased when Leandro Mota made the kick off in the second half. Anderson Velloso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 54th minute, AFC - Curitiba's Luiz Gustavo Braga ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind David Pitta. David Pitta yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. 60 minutes into the match, Teodoro Berger dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of David Pitta, 0-9. David Pitta made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Anderson Velloso sent off a good shot on target. David Pitta came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by AFC - Curitiba's Anderson Velloso. But to his dismay, Anderson Velloso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. In the 71st minute, Anderson Velloso made a precise shot to the right of David Pitta. Gurjao's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. Allan Furlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Pitta having to interfere. David Pitta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodoro Berger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC - Curitiba's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luís Rodrigues in the 81st minute. After taking down the ball on AFC - Curitiba's corner Luís Rodrigues fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and David Pitta quite easily take care of the ball. Cristóvão Secco kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match.