U18 League

宁夏固原犀牛队
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) In the 5th minute, Simão Quilempan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Set Fire's Marcelo Novais proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Set Fire from getting a goal against them. 7 minutes into the game, Magno Malafaia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Set Fire's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 宁夏固原犀牛队 the free kick. In the 7th minute, Magno Malafaia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedro Vasques hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute, 宁夏固原犀牛队's 叶斐棋 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcelo Novais. Marcelo Novais yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 31st minute Rogério Apalanga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 潘鹰川 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 潘鹰川 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emílio Camarinha in the 33rd minute of play. After 34 played minutes 宁夏固原犀牛队 got a freekick which was hit by 叶斐棋. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 马挺伟 to make the kick off. 叶斐棋 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. 79 minutes into the game, 宁夏固原犀牛队's 叶斐棋 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelo Novais made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. With 87 minutes on the clock, Pedro Vasques commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Set Fire fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 86th minute. Penalty! 宁夏固原犀牛队's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.