U21 League

Merengue Laranjeiras
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) CA Portugália's Pedrão Saldanha 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 2 played minutes CA Portugália got a freekick which was hit by Fabiano Figueiredo. In the 3rd minute Luis Alberto Moura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 5 minutes into the game, Laus Deo's Acácio Porto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Álvaro Zanette made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 8 minutes into the match, CA Portugália's goal looked a bit too open when Cacá Diniz came free, but Álvaro Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of CA Portugália booed when Laus Deo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kong Ping didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute, Pedrão Saldanha got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Alberto Moura in the 23rd minute of play forced CA Portugália's goalkeeper Álvaro Zanette to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Luis Alberto Moura kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Álvaro Zanette. That made the score 3-0 in the 25 minute of play. Christiano Alves's late challenge caught a Laus Deo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christiano Alves helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Laus Deo booed when CA Portugália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christiano Alves didn't get a good kick on the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Acácio Porto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Álvaro Zanette. CA Portugália's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Acácio Porto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Álvaro Zanette showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Alberto Moura, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Laus Deo's Luis Alberto Moura slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Álvaro Zanette. That made the score 5-0 after 32 minutes of play. The supporters of Laus Deo booed when CA Portugália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerson Paulista didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arsenio Manni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christiano Alves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christiano Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Arsenio Manni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Laus Deo getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Michel de Alcântara hit a great ball. Evandro Barros hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute of the match, Acácio Porto tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Álvaro Zanette saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Acácio Porto was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the CA Portugália defense, Cacá Diniz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Álvaro Zanette. The CA Portugália fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Álvaro Zanette should have stopped the shot. Timur Belyaninov took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Álvaro Zanette. Álvaro Zanette dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. After some careless play in the CA Portugália defense, Acácio Porto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Álvaro Zanette. The CA Portugália fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Álvaro Zanette should have stopped the shot. After 69 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Laus Deo! When the match had been going on for 70 minutes, CA Portugália's Angelo Senna got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Arsenio Manni. After 73 played minutes Laus Deo got a freekick which was hit by Acácio Porto. Pedrão Saldanha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 81st minute, Timur Belyaninov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the match, Acácio Porto notched a goal, 9-1, to the right of CA Portugália's Álvaro Zanette. Álvaro Zanette was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bruno Freitas hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Álvaro Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Alberto Moura in the 93rd minute of the match. Álvaro Zanette made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robinho Recife in the 94th minute of play. If Robinho Recife had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 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. Laus Deo fully deserved thier win.