U18 League

Arena do Olivedos
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fabinho Messias started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes Olivedos got a freekick which was hit by Edvaldo Lima. Valdemar Braga hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Olivedos were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after Jardim América FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Natã Martins took the corner. The corner led to Olivedos's Edvaldo Lima getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Olivedos's goal looked a bit too open when Nico Rossi came free, but Laerte da Silveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Olivedos's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Mazza came free, but Laerte da Silveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Valdemar Braga fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Olivedos's protests and gave Valdemar Braga a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Olivedos getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Valdemar Braga hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Jardim América FC's Moisés Sousa got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 24th minute Tomás Mazza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laerte da Silveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Valdemar Braga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Jardim América FC's Nuno Neves quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 29 minutes, Christiano Travassos made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Jardim América FC's Perivaldo Torres tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 32 minutes of play Olivedos's Valdemar Braga was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Moisés Sousa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 34th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Laerte da Silveira. Olivedos's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Laerte da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Mazza in the 37th minute of the match. After having played for 38 minutes, Christiano Travassos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olivedos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christiano Travassos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomás Mazza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Laerte da Silveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 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 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christiano Travassos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Travassos in the 52nd minute of play forced Jardim América FC's goalkeeper Perivaldo Torres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edvaldo Lima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Perivaldo Torres having to interfere. 67 minutes into the game, Natã Martins threw the ball into play from the sideline. Jardim América FC's Nuno Neves quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Perivaldo Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Belmiro Cearense in the 69th minute of play. Perivaldo Torres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Belmiro Cearense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 minutes, Belmiro Cearense made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Jardim América FC's Perivaldo Torres tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. João Ceresso hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. A collision led to Olivedos getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Silas Tasso hit a great ball. Nuno Neves charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nuno Neves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th match minute, Jardim América FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuno Neves to maneuver through the defense. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Olivedos fully deserved thier win.