U23 League

LEÕES DO SUL
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Hélio Vianna started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Marcus Alagoano hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Leões do Sul 53's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cauan Negri in the 7th minute. A nice corner shot did that Cauan Negri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tostão de Andrade quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. S.E. Pindorama Eagles's Tostão de Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquim Pernambucano in the 8th minute of play. Horácio Favoretto struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Tostão de Andrade didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leões do Sul 53. Pedro Paulo Brodel's late challenge caught a S.E. Pindorama Eagles's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Paulo Brodel helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Leões do Sul 53's Pedro Paulo Brodel got a free kick in the 11th minute. When Hélio Vianna came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the S.E. Pindorama Eagles fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hélio Vianna couldn't finish the play. Duarte Sabóia kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Rubinho Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélio Vianna, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Leões do Sul 53's Rubinho Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hélio Vianna in the 21st minute of play. Joaquim Pernambucano hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Leões do Sul 53's Duarte Sabóia got a free kick in the 24th minute. After a rather tough play, S.E. Pindorama Eagles's Hélio Vianna got a free kick in the 27th minute. Marcus Alagoano hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Leões do Sul 53's Joaquim Pernambucano slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tostão de Andrade. That made the score 1-1 after 35 minutes of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Hélio Vianna managed to get in a good position for a shot. S.E. Pindorama Eagles's supporters rose to their feet, but Hélio Vianna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rubinho Couto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Horácio Favorettos short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Tostão de Andrade to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Horácio Favoretto to strike the kick off in the second half. Joaquim Pernambucano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 50th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 56th minute, Hélio Vianna ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rubinho Couto was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Zé Rafael hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Rubinho Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélio Vianna, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. After 65 minutes of play, Leões do Sul 53's Pedro Paulo Brodel made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tostão de Andrade was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68th minute, Hélio Vianna 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Pernambucano in the 70th minute of play forced S.E. Pindorama Eagles's goalkeeper Tostão de Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hélio Vianna struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Rubinho Couto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for S.E. Pindorama Eagles. Hélio Vianna struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Rubinho Couto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for S.E. Pindorama Eagles. Horácio Favoretto might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tostão de Andrade. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Horácio Favoretto ran back to his position shaking his head. 79 minutes into the match, S.E. Pindorama Eagles's goal looked a bit too open when Horácio Favoretto came free, but Tostão de Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 85 minutes, Anselmo Castro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the S.E. Pindorama Eagles and the Leões do Sul 53 players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Horácio Favoretto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.