U21 League

Ilha do Urubu
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Brazil Academy's Marcelo Mangueira 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. 8 minutes into the match, Vinícius Teixeira notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Brazil Academy's Juan Montenegro. Juan Montenegro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Juan Montenegro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vinícius Teixeira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hélder da Silveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Mangueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. The corner led Brazil Academy's João Azevedo to fire away a dangerous shot which Hélder da Silveira despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Juan Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaltino Cruz in the 18th minute of the match. Hélder da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimir Koehler in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th minute Carlos Alberto da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Montenegro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. F.C. Carmo De Kiev were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after Brazil Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Isaltino Cruz took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Isaltino Cruz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Juan Montenegro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Erivaldo Bastos hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. 33 minutes into the match, Thiago Junior had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juan Montenegro. Brazil Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thiago Junior was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. With a little luck, F.C. Carmo De Kiev's Hélder da Silveira got control of the ball when Marcelo Mangueira tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Marcelo Mangueira sped through F.C. Carmo De Kiev's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hélder da Silveira.

Juan Montenegro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hudson Marques in the 52nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Brazil Academy's Róbson Simão got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After 55 played minutes F.C. Carmo De Kiev got a freekick which was hit by Thiago Arantes. When João Azevedo came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Brazil Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that João Azevedo couldn't finish the play. In the 59th minute, Hudson Marques 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 Vinícius Teixeira in the 60th minute of play forced Brazil Academy's goalkeeper Juan Montenegro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcelo Mangueira during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Vinícius Teixeira charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vinícius Teixeira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 68th match minute, F.C. Carmo De Kiev was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vinícius Teixeira to maneuver through the defense. In the 71st minute, Róbson Simão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thiago Junior came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Juan Montenegro could save by the left post. Róbson Simão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 78thth minute of the game Marcelo Mangueira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but F.C. Carmo De Kiev's Hélder da Silveira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Brazil Academy's Róbson Simão got a free kick in the 81st minute. Hélder da Silveira came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Brazil Academy's Marcelo Mangueira. But to his dismay, Marcelo Mangueira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Carlos Alberto da Cunha was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 96th minute. F.C. Carmo De Kiev's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.