U23 League

Arena da Fonte
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hílton Fernandez started the match with the kick off. Alfredinho Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hílton Fernandez, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute Benjamin Branco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dorian Machado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 9 in the game by Osvaldo Soares from a close distance when the talented Alfredinho Andrade managed to make a qualified save. Galo do Cerrado's players were relieved. Galo do Cerrado's defense didn't have a chance, in the 10th minute, when Hílton Fernandez scored to the left of an out of position Alfredinho Andrade, making the score, 1-0. In the 19th minute, Hílton Fernandez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Locomotiva grena fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. With a little luck, Galo do Cerrado's Alfredinho Andrade got control of the ball when Hílton Fernandez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Inácio França's late challenge caught a Locomotiva grena's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Inácio França helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Galo do Cerrado's Inácio França got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After 24 played minutes Locomotiva grena got a freekick which was hit by Arí Quirino. Alfredinho Andrade made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Osvaldo Soares sent off a good shot on target. In the 31st minute, Locomotiva grena's Hílton Fernandez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. Alfredinho Andrade was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Osvaldo Soares showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 36 minute of play. Giovanni Prata received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Alfredinho Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Hílton Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Galo do Cerrado defense, Osvaldo Soares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfredinho Andrade. The Galo do Cerrado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfredinho Andrade should have stopped the shot. Galo do Cerrado's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Hílton Fernandez 47 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 6-0.

Alfredinho Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hílton Fernandez in the 56th minute of play. After some careless play in the Galo do Cerrado defense, Hílton Fernandez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfredinho Andrade. The Galo do Cerrado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfredinho Andrade should have stopped the shot. Alfredinho Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hílton Fernandez in the 60th minute of play. Osvaldo Soares hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Cássio Matorin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dorian Machado having to interfere. Giovanni Prata scored 8-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfredinho Andrade, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alfredinho Andrade came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Locomotiva grena's Osvaldo Soares. But to his dismay, Osvaldo Soares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovanni Prata in the 81st minute of play forced Galo do Cerrado's goalkeeper Alfredinho Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredinho Andrade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giovanni Prata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovanni Prata in the 84th minute of play forced Galo do Cerrado's goalkeeper Alfredinho Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredinho Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Perivaldo Paulista in the 85th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hílton Fernandez in the 86th minute of play forced Galo do Cerrado's goalkeeper Alfredinho Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredinho Andrade came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Locomotiva grena's Osvaldo Soares. But to his dismay, Osvaldo Soares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-0. 92 minutes into the match, Hílton Fernandez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfredinho Andrade. Galo do Cerrado's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hílton Fernandez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 12-0. After a defensive mix-up in Galo do Cerrado's zone, Osvaldo Soares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfredinho Andrade came out of the goal and Osvaldo Soares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 13-0 became the score in the 98th minute when Hílton Fernandez elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Locomotiva grena walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.