U18 League

Toca do Dragão
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Flying Dutch's Ramón Almeida 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. After a rather tough play, Dragões de Campo Grande's Thomás Montenegro got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 4 minutes into the game, when Laércio Seco put in a rough tackle. In the 5th match minute, Dragões de Campo Grande was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laércio Seco to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Flying Dutch getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Luan Cearense hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Luiz Vaz in the 16th minute of play forced Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Armando Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Falcão Fonseca made in the 17th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ramón Almeida however managed to control. Hugo Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aloísio Vasconcelos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luan Cearense's late challenge caught a Dragões de Campo Grande's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luan Cearense helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Armando Medeiros, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Antônio Cosme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Medeiros having to interfere. Pedro Luiz Vaz charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Luiz Vaz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Dragões de Campo Grande getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Pedro Luiz Vaz hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Luan Cearense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Dragões de Campo Grande getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Samuca Chaves hit a great ball. In the 45th minute of the match Falcão Fonseca sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hugo Santos skillfully saved the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pedro Luiz Vaz to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes Dragões de Campo Grande got a freekick which was hit by José Silva. Samuca Chaves hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Thomás Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Medeiros. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Thomás Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Thomás Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Armando Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Flying Dutch players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.