U21 League

Base Cotia SPFC
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jeremias Seco started the match with the kick off. Michel Stocks received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Telmo de Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute Armando Guerreiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danilo Domingues saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute of the match Sport Club Mavericks got a corner. Meninos De Cotia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Honorio Efraim ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sport Club Mavericks's Honorio Efraim was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Danilo Domingues in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Meninos De Cotia getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Carlinhos de Salles hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Armando Guerreiro in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Danilo Domingues prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 9th minute, Paolo Maldini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute of the match Sport Club Mavericks got a corner. Meninos De Cotia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Honorio Efraim ran over to the corner to take the kick. Paolo Maldini tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Danilo Domingues. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 11th minute. In the 16th minute Jeremias Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telmo de Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Meninos De Cotia's Danilo Domingues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Honorio Efraim in the 17th minute of play. Danilo Domingues didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Honorio Efraim went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 25th minute, Serginho Quirino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes into the game, Armando Guerreiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Danilo Domingues was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The throw-in from Paolo Maldini in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sport Club Mavericks's Ong Mathews. Danilo Domingues came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Sport Club Mavericks's Armando Guerreiro. But to his dismay, Armando Guerreiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Jeremias Secos short, quick shot in the 38thth minute got Telmo de Amorim to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ong Mathews fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danilo Domingues having to interfere. Arturo Filippini's late challenge caught a Meninos De Cotia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arturo Filippini helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th match minute, Sport Club Mavericks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Filippini to maneuver through the defense. In the 45th minute, Jeremias Seco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Meninos De Cotia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Honorio Efraim was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Xacintu Marin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telmo de Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Armando Guerreiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sport Club Mavericks's supporters rose to their feet, but Armando Guerreiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Danilo Domingues breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Telmo de Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xacintu Marin, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jeremias Seco in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Telmo de Amorim saved Sport Club Mavericks from getting behind. In the 62ndth minute of the game Armando Guerreiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Meninos De Cotia's Danilo Domingues was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Meninos De Cotia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Honorio Efraim was slow to take the kick. During this time Sport Club Mavericks's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, Meninos De Cotia's Paolo Maldini got a free kick in the 75th minute. A collision led to Meninos De Cotia getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Vilgot Cane hit a great ball. Meninos De Cotia made a substitution. Niceto Lando replaced Jeremias Seco. Honorio Efraim could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Danilo Domingues made a huge save. 89 minutes into the match, Meninos De Cotia's goalkeeper Danilo Domingues had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Armando Guerreiro. 93 minutes into the match, Sport Club Mavericks's goal looked a bit too open when Niceto Lando came free, but Telmo de Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Although Meninos De Cotia had been in control for most of the match, Sport Club Mavericks still came away with the win.