U18 League

Arena Demarchi
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The audience was convinced that Alexsandro Britto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Natanael Alvarenga was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Squadra Demarchi's Alexsandro Britto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Natanael Alvarenga. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. 11 minutes into the match, Régis Koehler notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Squadra Demarchi's Oscar Saldanha. Oscar Saldanha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Ernesto Pereira fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Squadra Demarchi's protests and gave Ernesto Pereira a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Squadra Demarchi's Ernesto Pereira got a free kick in the 15th minute. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Kléber Queirós took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Natanael Alvarenga to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arthur Coimbra in the 21st minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Cremonese FC's Régis Koehler got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute, Kléber Queirós ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natanael Alvarenga was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Ernesto Pereira was shown his second yellow card after 27 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Cremonese FC booed when Squadra Demarchi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Pereira didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Tony Lopes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Saldanha was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Oscar Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dagoberto Guedes, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Oscar Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Régis Koehler, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute, Richard Moura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 37th match minute, Cremonese FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iuri Peres to maneuver through the defense. Régis Koehler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Oscar Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Squadra Demarchi getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Richard Moura hit a great ball. With 45 minutes on the clock, Sérgio Batista commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to Squadra Demarchi getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Sérgio Batista hit a great ball. Arthur Coimbra took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Oscar Saldanha. Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tony Lopes to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Nildo Furtado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arthur Coimbra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oscar Saldanha having to interfere. Natanael Alvarenga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexsandro Britto in the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arthur Coimbra in the 60th minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 64 minutes, Régis Koehler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cremonese FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Régis Koehler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Richard Moura's late challenge caught a Cremonese FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Richard Moura helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, Tony Lopes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cremonese FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Régis Koehler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 91 played minutes Squadra Demarchi got a freekick which was hit by Nildo Furtado. When Squadra Demarchi's Alexsandro Britto in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cremonese FC's goalie prevented a goal. Cremonese FC were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.