U18 League

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Edgar Baiano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of ITAFUT 4EVER booed when ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Mello didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Baiano in the 6th minute of play forced ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Ulysses Peixoto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 8 minutes, Ernesto Varela successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ernesto Varela stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emerson Motta's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Emerson Motta who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 22ndth minute tested the skills of Ernesto Varela when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of ITAFUT 4EVER booed when ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iuri Bittencourt didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Pedro Paulo Munhoz hit a great ball. Sidney Lima's late challenge caught a ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sidney Lima helped the player get up and apologised. After 40 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Sidney Lima. Ernesto Varela made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wilian Quadros in the 47th minute. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Tiaguinho Hermes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ernesto Varela in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

53 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Wilian Quadros came free, but Ernesto Varela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evaristo Mello charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evaristo Mello the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 56th minute, Glauco Gaúcho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgar Baiano received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ulysses Peixoto came out and tried to block the shot, but Edgar Baiano slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 65th minute. After some careless play in the ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ defense, Edgar Baiano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ulysses Peixoto. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ulysses Peixoto should have stopped the shot. Edgar Baiano took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ulysses Peixoto. Ulysses Peixoto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Ulysses Peixoto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Maciel in the 74th minute of play. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Wiliam Cardozo hit a great ball. Léo Velasco kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 84th minute Edgar Baiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulysses Peixoto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Paulo Munhoz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ulysses Peixoto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Maciel in the 97th minute of the match. ITAFUT 4EVER's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.