U21 League

Tapiranga
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eliseu França took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes of play, Excelência de Luxe's Vinícius Hoffmann made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicente Fantini was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcelo Nogueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benê Favoretto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th match minute, Dragões Barbudos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseu da Costa to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute of the match Wilson de Godoi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vicente Fantini showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Marcelo Nogueira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benê Favoretto, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After 15 minutes of play, Excelência de Luxe's Wilson de Godoi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicente Fantini was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oscar Peres kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Dorian Queiroz hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute, Eliseu França made a precise shot to the right of Vicente Fantini. Dragões Barbudos FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 32nd minute, Eliseu da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vinícius Hoffmann's late challenge caught a Dragões Barbudos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vinícius Hoffmann helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th minute Ramón Leão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Nogueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliseu França received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Vicente Fantini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dragões Barbudos FC's Vicente Fantini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseu França in the 43rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Excelência de Luxe's Vinícius Hoffmann got a free kick in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ramón Leão made a kick off. Eliseu França might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vicente Fantini. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseu França ran back to his position shaking his head. Dragões Barbudos FC's Vicente Fantini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Mangueira in the 55th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Excelência de Luxe's Juan Mangueira ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vicente Fantini. Vicente Fantini yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Juan Mangueira kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vicente Fantini. That made the score 0-5 in the 70 minute of play. Marcelo Nogueira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christian Dracena went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Marcelo Nogueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramón Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the match, Excelência de Luxe's goal looked a bit too open when Ramón Leão came free, but Marcelo Nogueira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 89th match minute, Excelência de Luxe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vinícius Hoffmann to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute, Ramón Leão left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dragões Barbudos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Excelência de Luxe walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.