U18 League

Arena Tricolor
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Frederico Recife made the kick off which started today's match. Natanael Valadares hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Mateus de Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iuri Tinoco in the 7th minute of the match. Enéas Urbano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Fabiano Proença having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frederico Recife in the 12th minute of play forced Xapetuba Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Luiz Fabiano Proença to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Dudu Oliveira fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Xapetuba Futebol Clube's protests and gave Dudu Oliveira a yellow card for diving instead. In the 19th match minute, Xapetuba Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dudu Oliveira to maneuver through the defense. Juventus EC's Afonso Luz shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 20th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Luiz Fabiano Proença but with some difficulty. After a rather tough play, Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Zé Augusto Leão got a free kick in the 21st minute. The supporters of Juventus EC booed when Xapetuba Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dudu Oliveira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luiz Fabiano Proença made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Enéas Urbano sent off a good shot on target. After 27 minutes, Frederico Recife mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus EC and the Xapetuba Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. Frederico Recife kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. With a little luck, Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Luiz Fabiano Proença got control of the ball when Romário da Rocha tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Natanael Valadares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luiz Fabiano Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romário da Rocha in the 35th minute of play. Romário da Rocha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Luiz Fabiano Proença made a huge save. Luiz Fabiano Proença didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romário da Rocha went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After recieving a nice pass, Juventus EC's Afonso Luz tried to score from far away in the 48th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 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 Léo Lopes to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enéas Urbano in the 53rd minute of play forced Xapetuba Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Luiz Fabiano Proença to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Juventus EC's Romário da Rocha in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Xapetuba Futebol Clube's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, Juventus EC's Mateus de Senna got control of the ball when Léo Lopes tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Léo Lopes came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Xapetuba Futebol Clube 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 Léo Lopes couldn't finish the play. In the 81st minute Romário da Rocha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fabiano Proença saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iuri Tinoco in the 89th minute of play forced Juventus EC's goalkeeper Mateus de Senna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernani Paraense hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Mateus de Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Léo Lopes in the 95th minute of the match. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.