U23 League

Arena LUCCA
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adelino Domingues started the match with the kick off. Dário Zonta hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Lucca F.C's Juninho Pena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Birger Leite in the 5th minute of play. Zula Kaider's late challenge caught a SHINERAY FC - DMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zula Kaider helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lucca F.C's Zula Kaider got a free kick in the 7th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Lucca F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Leonel de Senna came free, but Juninho Pena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ernesto Cearense could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Gualter Brasil made a huge save. Gualter Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudy Letsch, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Gualter Brasil made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rudy Letsch in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adelino Domingues in the 17th minute of play forced SHINERAY FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Gualter Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Lucca F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Leonel de Senna came free, but Juninho Pena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gualter Brasil made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Ernesto Cearense sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice moves Ernesto Cearense could shoot a difficult shot in the 32nd minute, which Gualter Brasil however easily saved by the left post. Gualter Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rudy Letsch in the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th minute, Rudy Letsch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gualter Brasil was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Gualter Brasil made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Rudy Letsch sent off a good shot on target. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Birger Leite was the one to do the kick off. Juninho Pena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dé Andrade in the 52nd minute of play. Gualter Brasil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adelino Domingues went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Adelino Domingues took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gualter Brasil. Gualter Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Gualter Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Cearense, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 71 minutes into the match, SHINERAY FC - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Adelino Domingues came free, but Gualter Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Birger Leite came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Juninho Pena could save by the left post. Ernesto Cearense took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gualter Brasil. Gualter Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. Zula Kaider took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gualter Brasil. Gualter Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. In the 83rd minute, Zula Kaider hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Birger Leite in the 86th minute of play forced Lucca F.C's goalkeeper Juninho Pena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Lucca F.C's Dário Zonta got a free kick in the 86th minute. After a rather tough play, Lucca F.C's Adelino Domingues got a free kick in the 88th minute. Birger Leite hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Adelino Domingues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gualter Brasil having to interfere. The supporters of SHINERAY FC - DMZ booed when Lucca F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adelino Domingues didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juninho Pena was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Sydney Berger. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Lucca F.C fans cheered their team off the field, for while SHINERAY FC - DMZ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.