U18 League

Arena Juridica
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcinho Donato got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes of play, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Hernani Sá made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Percy Palmeira was left in no man's land by his defense there! 6 minutes into the game, Márcio Corrêa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. JURIDIQUES F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ the free kick. Tony Tasso took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Percy Palmeira. JURIDIQUES F.C's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 8 minutes, Cristiano Romário mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the JURIDIQUES F.C and the THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 8 played minutes JURIDIQUES F.C got a freekick which was hit by Cristiano Romário. Percy Palmeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Netto in the 9th minute of the match. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Tostão Soeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes into the game, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Marcinho Donato nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Percy Palmeira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Tostão Soeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Romário in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Cristiano Romário ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tostão Soeiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Percy Palmeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernani Sá in the 30th minute of the match. Renatinho Vale's late challenge caught a THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Renatinho Vale helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hernani Sá in the 35th minute of play forced JURIDIQUES F.C's goalkeeper Percy Palmeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th match minute, JURIDIQUES F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilario Fenomeno to maneuver through the defense. JURIDIQUES F.C's Percy Palmeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ian Netto in the 41st minute of play. Renatinho Vale recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 44th match minute, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcinho Donato to maneuver through the defense. The JURIDIQUES F.C players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristiano Romário stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 played minutes THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ got a freekick which was hit by Tony Tasso. Márcio Corrêa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tostão Soeiro. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Tostão Soeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Romário, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute, Cristiano Romário left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The JURIDIQUES F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Tostão Soeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Márcio Corrêa in the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute Joaquim Vargas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tostão Soeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the game, Hilario Fenomeno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Tostão Soeiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tostão Soeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Renatinho Vale, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hernani Sá's late challenge caught a JURIDIQUES F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hernani Sá helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Hernani Sá got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Marcinho Donato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Percy Palmeira having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, JURIDIQUES F.C's goalkeeper Percy Palmeira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Olívio Viana. Ian Netto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. JURIDIQUES F.C were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ for a fine match.