U18 League

Ninho do Pombo
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bruno Lago got the match started through his kick off. Cícero Ribeiro came free with the goalkeeper in the 5th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Nilmar Tande could save by the left post. After some careless play in the Canarinho Atordoado defense, Bruno Lago kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nilmar Tande. The Canarinho Atordoado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nilmar Tande should have stopped the shot. Nilmar Tande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toninho Duarte in the 9th minute of play. After 10 minutes of play, Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Bruno Lago made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nilmar Tande was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dênis Matos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Gilson Arósio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute Luís Gustavo Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilson Arósio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Canarinho Atordoado's defense didn't have a chance, in the 17th minute, when Toninho Duarte scored to the left of an out of position Nilmar Tande, making the score, 3-0. Lino Proença kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Gilson Arósio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Pimenta in the 23rd minute of the match. 24 minutes into the game, Otávio Pimenta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Gilson Arósio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 27 minutes into the match, Canarinho Atordoado's goal looked a bit too open when Cícero Ribeiro came free, but Nilmar Tande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th match minute, Canarinho Atordoado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elói Loureiro to maneuver through the defense. When Rodolfo de Carvalho came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Pombal 2003 F.C. 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 Rodolfo de Carvalho couldn't finish the play. When Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Bruno Lago in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Canarinho Atordoado's goalie prevented a goal. Bruno Lago was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 36th minute. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Nilmar Tande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Lago in the 36th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Toninho Duarte dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Otávio Pimenta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bruno Lago kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Nilmar Tande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Lago in the 54th minute of play. Nilmar Tande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Lago in the 57th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Otávio Pimenta could shoot a difficult shot in the 61st minute, which Gilson Arósio however easily saved by the left post. Júnior Medeiros charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Júnior Medeiros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Canarinho Atordoado booed when Pombal 2003 F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júnior Medeiros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nilmar Tande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Lago in the 67th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Cristóvão Fantini in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Canarinho Atordoado's Otávio Pimenta. In the 70th match minute, Canarinho Atordoado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dênis Matos to maneuver through the defense. Nilmar Tande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cícero Ribeiro in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Lago in the 79th minute of play forced Canarinho Atordoado's goalkeeper Nilmar Tande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Otávio Pimenta got free with Gilson Arósio in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nilmar Tande took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo de Carvalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th match minute, Pombal 2003 F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruno Lago to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Canarinho Atordoado defense, Bruno Lago kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nilmar Tande. The Canarinho Atordoado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nilmar Tande should have stopped the shot. Nilmar Tande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Lago, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Nilmar Tande didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Lago went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-1 was the resulting score. There was no doubt that Pombal 2003 F.C. were the better team. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.