U21 League

Estádio Celio Melo
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luiz Nascimento kicked off to start the match. With his leg Oswaldo Nunes managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Zac Ba Loua fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Zeca Garcia got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute of the match Tiaguinho Hermes sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Paulo de Mendonça skillfully saved the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Zac Ba Loua managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Zac Ba Loua was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oswaldo Nunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicolas França got free with Oswaldo Nunes in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paulo de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iuri Bittencourt in the 20th minute of the match. After 29 played minutes ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ got a freekick which was hit by Rafinha Lopez. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zac Ba Loua got free with Oswaldo Nunes in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Cássio Pimenta fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's protests and gave Cássio Pimenta a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Cássio Pimenta got a free kick in the 36th minute. Paulo de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilian Quadros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilian Quadros in the 44th minute of play forced Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's goalkeeper Paulo de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th match minute, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas França to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute Luiz Nascimento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo de Mendonça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Luiz Nascimento got free with Paulo de Mendonça in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Ke Chang Lin pulled a muscle in his back after 65 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 65 minutes into the game, Emerson Motta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rio Verde F.C CIMZ the free kick. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ made a substitution. Germano Domingues replaced Ke Chang Lin. In the 66th match minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emerson Motta to maneuver through the defense. Nicolas França scored 1-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Oswaldo Nunes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Flavinho de Andrade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo de Mendonça was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Emerson Motta scored to the left of an out of position Paulo de Mendonça, making the score, 1-1. With a little luck, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Paulo de Mendonça got control of the ball when Iuri Bittencourt tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Flavinho de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zac Ba Loua in the 85th minute of play forced ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Oswaldo Nunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Zac Ba Loua's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oswaldo Nunes was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Paulo de Mendonça made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Nascimento in the 86th minute of play. Júlio Negri kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Zac Ba Loua managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Zac Ba Loua was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oswaldo Nunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 93 minutes into the match, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Nascimento came free, but Paulo de Mendonça reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.