U18 League

Arena CHESF
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Elivélton Brito kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Garcia in the 11th minute of play forced GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Luciano Dionísio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renatinho Braga in the 14th minute of play forced GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Luciano Dionísio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olavo Vasconcelos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cacá Godoi in the 24th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cacá Godoi in the 26th minute of play forced Desportiva Paulo Afonso's goalkeeper Olavo Vasconcelos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute of the match, Francisco Garcia tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Luciano Dionísio saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Francisco Garcia received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luciano Dionísio came out and tried to block the shot, but Francisco Garcia slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 30th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Falcão de Almeida during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, GeRaÇãO-83's Falcão de Almeida got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Fernandinho Paes sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Luciano Dionísio threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Fernandinho Paes this time. 36 minutes into the match, Artur Rezende dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Luciano Dionísio, 3-0. 40 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's goal looked a bit too open when Renatinho Braga came free, but Luciano Dionísio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the game, Francisco Garcia recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Luciano Dionísio. Francisco Garcia showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-0. After having played for 44 minutes, Francisco Garcia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Desportiva Paulo Afonso's supporters crossed their fingers, but Francisco Garcia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 47th minute, Francisco Garcia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luciano Dionísio. The goal made the score 5-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Francisco Garcia to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Artur Rezende left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Desportiva Paulo Afonso fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Garcia in the 58th minute of play forced GeRaÇãO-83's goalkeeper Luciano Dionísio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute, Francisco Garcia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luciano Dionísio was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Luciano Dionísio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Rezende in the 66th minute of the match. After some careless play in the GeRaÇãO-83 defense, Francisco Garcia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luciano Dionísio. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luciano Dionísio should have stopped the shot. Luciano Dionísio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Garcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes into the match, Renatinho Braga had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luciano Dionísio. GeRaÇãO-83's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Renatinho Braga was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. Luciano Dionísio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Garcia in the 80th minute of the match. Luciano Dionísio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renatinho Braga, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. GeRaÇãO-83's Luciano Dionísio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Garcia in the 91st minute of play.