U18 League

Pintos
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) Enéas Arantes made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Paulo José Sena sent off a good shot on target. Enéas Arantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulisses Quadros in the 8th minute of the match. A collision led to Resplendor getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Celso Porto hit a great ball. Enéas Arantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guga Sarmento in the 19th minute of the match. Enéas Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulisses Quadros in the 28th minute of play. Resplendor's Rogério Neves got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Resplendor's defense didn't have a chance, in the 41st minute, when Paulo José Sena scored to the left of an out of position Enéas Arantes, making the score, 1-0. When Valdemar de Mendonça came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Resplendor 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 Valdemar de Mendonça couldn't finish the play. 46 minutes into the match, Resplendor's goal looked a bit too open when Guga Sarmento came free, but Enéas Arantes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Resplendor's Gilson de Godoy got a free kick in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Paulo José Sena was the one to do the kick off. Resplendor's Enéas Arantes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo José Sena in the 52nd minute of play. Valdemar de Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 60 minutes of play, Pintos's Paulo José Sena made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Enéas Arantes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ulisses Quadros charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ulisses Quadros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 66th minute, Guga Sarmento ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Enéas Arantes was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 73rd minute, Guga Sarmento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pintos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo José Sena in the 77th minute of play forced Resplendor's goalkeeper Enéas Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Enéas Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulisses Quadros in the 78th minute of play. When Pintos's Ulisses Quadros in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Resplendor's goalie prevented a goal. Enéas Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulisses Quadros in the 81st minute of play. When Paulo José Sena came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Pintos 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 Paulo José Sena couldn't finish the play. Enéas Arantes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edinho Cabral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Resplendor's Enéas Arantes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo José Sena in the 87th minute of play. Celso Porto kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. During the 94th minute of the match Celso Porto completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Celso Porto a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 95 played minutes Resplendor got a freekick which was hit by Celso Porto. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pintos fully deserved thier win.