U18 League

Arena Floresta
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, 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. Diogo Cordeiro started the match with the kick off. In the 11th match minute, F.C. Carmo De Kiev was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robinho Varela to maneuver through the defense. Diogo Cordeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Baltazar Velasco having to interfere. Amauri Varela's late challenge caught a Floresta Club U18's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amauri Varela helped the player get up and apologised. After 19 played minutes F.C. Carmo De Kiev got a freekick which was hit by Amauri Varela. Carlos Alberto da Cunha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Robinho Varela might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Felippe Vianna. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robinho Varela ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Floresta Club U18 booed when F.C. Carmo De Kiev was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Faustão Moraes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vinícius Teixeira kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Diogo Cordeiro struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Baltazar Velasco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Floresta Club U18. If Geovânio Albuquerque had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 45 played minutes Floresta Club U18 got a freekick which was hit by Diogo Cordeiro. Felippe Vianna didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thiago Junior went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thiago Junior to strike the kick off in the second half. Baltazar Velasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geovânio Albuquerque in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Floresta Club U18's goalkeeper Felippe Vianna had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thiago Junior. The supporters of F.C. Carmo De Kiev booed when Floresta Club U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogo Cordeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Diogo Cordeiro came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Floresta Club U18 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 Diogo Cordeiro couldn't finish the play. Baltazar Velasco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diogo Cordeiro in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 76th minute Geovânio Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baltazar Velasco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Baltazar Velasco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diogo Cordeiro went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 83rd minute Geovânio Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baltazar Velasco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Floresta Club U18 getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Agnaldo Vaz hit a great ball. Diogo Cordeiro took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Baltazar Velasco. Baltazar Velasco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. After a rather tough play, Floresta Club U18's Zeca Souto got a free kick in the 92nd minute.