U21 League

Santuário do Motivo
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gonçalo Sarmento made the kick off which started today's match. Celsinho Magalhães could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Ivo Amaral made a huge save. 8 minutes into the game, Falcão Mendes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Cruzeiro FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave O MOTIVO ⚽ the free kick. After a rather tough play, Real Cruzeiro FC's Falcão Mendes got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 8th minute, Fábio Simão sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral didn't even have to move. Ronaldo Vianna kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. A collision led to Real Cruzeiro FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Luís Guilherme Cabral hit a great ball. Celsinho Magalhães could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Ivo Amaral made a huge save. After some careless play in the Real Cruzeiro FC defense, Fábio Simão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivo Amaral. The Real Cruzeiro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivo Amaral should have stopped the shot. In the 23rd minute, André Batista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivo Amaral was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Luís Linhares kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. If Luís Guilherme Cabral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 27th minute, Washington Alagoano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivo Amaral made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when André Batista sent off a good shot on target. Real Cruzeiro FC's Ronaldo Vianna got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dida Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Guilherme Cabral in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th minute, André Batista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Guilherme Cabral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Dida Braga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Fábio Simão kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivo Amaral. That made the score 4-0 in the 43 minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Celsinho Magalhães was the one to do the kick off. Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Batista in the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute Celsinho Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivo Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celsinho Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Batista in the 55th minute of the match. After 56 minutes of play, O MOTIVO ⚽'s André Batista made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivo Amaral was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ivo Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Gonçalo Sarmento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Dida Braga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 71 minutes of play, Real Cruzeiro FC's Luís Guilherme Cabral made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dida Braga was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fábio Simão in the 75th minute of the match. Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Linhares in the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the game, O MOTIVO ⚽'s André Batista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ivo Amaral made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-2. Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celsinho Magalhães in the 95th minute of play. After 97 minutes Real Cruzeiro FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fábio Simão who took care of the corner kick.