U23 League

Arena Bahia City
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) 7 minutes into the match, OxentePaisa Salcity's goal looked a bit too open when Álvaro Castro came free, but Manuel Scherer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonel Vaz hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Ademir Barbosa lost his temper 19 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 18th minute, one of GLADIADORES:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for GLADIADORES. In the 22nd minute there was a penalty for OxentePaisa Salcity. Dida Paraense stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Joel Ramos. 1-0. Manuel Scherer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronald Mc Donald in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronald Mc Donald in the 33rd minute of play forced OxentePaisa Salcity's goalkeeper Manuel Scherer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ronald Mc Donald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Scherer was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Manuel Scherer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Sá, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 42 minutes into the match, GLADIADORES's Cesinha Brasil sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Manuel Scherer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. OxentePaisa Salcity's Manuel Scherer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaká Sá in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leonel Vaz to strike the kick off in the second half. 66 minutes into the match, OxentePaisa Salcity's goalkeeper Manuel Scherer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Robinho Leal. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by OxentePaisa Salcity's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ronaldinho Bittencourt was slow to take the kick. During this time GLADIADORES's players had a chance to rest. The corner led GLADIADORES's Ronaldinho Bittencourt to fire away a dangerous shot which Manuel Scherer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 69th minute, Ronaldinho Bittencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute Dida Paraense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Ramos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Vaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The audience was convinced that Leonel Vaz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joel Ramos was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. 78 minutes into the game, Ronaldinho Bittencourt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GLADIADORES's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave OxentePaisa Salcity the free kick. A collision led to GLADIADORES getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Ronaldinho Bittencourt hit a great ball. In the 80th minute, Valdir Sergipano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the match, GLADIADORES's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Chaves came free, but Joel Ramos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wesley Martins kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Joel Ramos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dida Paraense in the 94th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The OxentePaisa Salcity fans cheered their team off the field, for while GLADIADORES had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.