U18 League

Arena do Trovão
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Red Dragon FC - DMZ's Danilo Queirós started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Xavi Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Garcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfredinho Garcia's late challenge caught a Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredinho Garcia helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, Red Dragon FC - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredinho Garcia to maneuver through the defense. Valdir Dias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidney Campidelis having to interfere. The supporters of Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso booed when Red Dragon FC - DMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredinho Garcia didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 20 minutes of play, Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's Francisco Garcia made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xavi Čech was left in no man's land by his defense there! Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's Sidney Campidelis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdir Dias in the 25th minute of play. Sidney Campidelis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Faustão Sergipano in the 27th minute of play. José Vítor de Sena charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed José Vítor de Sena the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sidney Campidelis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rui Seco in the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Seco in the 32nd minute of play forced Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's goalkeeper Sidney Campidelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Sílvio Luís Lucas fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's protests and gave Sílvio Luís Lucas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 38th match minute, Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sílvio Luís Lucas to maneuver through the defense. Artur Rezende kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. A collision led to Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Sílvio Luís Lucas hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Francisco Garcia to make the kick off. In the 56th minute Rui Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Campidelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Francisco Garcia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Seco in the 63rd minute of play forced Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's goalkeeper Sidney Campidelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Rui Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Campidelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 66 played minutes Luiz Fernando Vieira rounded Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. The audience was convinced that Francisco Garcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xavi Čech was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Red Dragon FC - DMZ defense, Francisco Garcia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xavi Čech. The Red Dragon FC - DMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xavi Čech should have stopped the shot. Red Dragon FC - DMZ's Xavi Čech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Garcia in the 78th minute of play. When Carlos Eduardo Arce fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Red Dragon FC - DMZ's protests and gave Carlos Eduardo Arce a yellow card for diving instead. In the 79th match minute, Red Dragon FC - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Eduardo Arce to maneuver through the defense. Sidney Campidelis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valdir Dias in the 81st minute. Sílvio Luís Lucas kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 84th minute of the match Rui Seco sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sidney Campidelis skillfully saved the ball. Liga Esporte Paulo Afonso were furious when Dinei Moraes was red carded, 85 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Dinei Moraes kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Rui Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Dragon FC - DMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Rui Seco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sidney Campidelis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Henrique Monteiro hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute Rui Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Campidelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.