U21 League

RoJaZiNe BoNaGiBaNe
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Silvério de Mendonça made the kick off which started today's match. Flavio Maciel took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Geovanni Pinho. Geovanni Pinho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. With a little luck, Macaco F.C.'s Geovanni Pinho got control of the ball when Bernardo Pereira tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Flavio Maciel slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Geovanni Pinho. That made the score 2-0 after 12 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavio Maciel in the 14th minute of play forced Macaco F.C.'s goalkeeper Geovanni Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovanni Pinho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcinho Donato in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute Flavio Maciel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovanni Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geovanni Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcinho Donato in the 24th minute of the match. Geovanni Pinho was a little too slow when Flavio Maciel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 3-0. Marcinho Donato recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 39th minute, Flavio Maciel fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Geovanni Pinho, passed just outside the right post. In the 45th minute, Silvério de Mendonça left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Macaco F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Flavio Maciel was the one to do the kick off. Geovanni Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Maciel in the 53rd minute of play. In the 59th minute Silvério de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldo dos Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 65 minutes into the game, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Flavio Maciel nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geovanni Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. 69 minutes into the match, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's goalkeeper Osvaldo dos Santos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Armando Sampaio. After a rather tough play, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Bernardo Pereira got a free kick in the 70th minute. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Osvaldo dos Santos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ from getting a goal against them. Geovanni Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcinho Donato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Edvaldo Hoffmann got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Flavio Maciel scored 5-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geovanni Pinho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Geovanni Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcinho Donato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute, Flavio Maciel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Geovanni Pinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. Geovanni Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Maciel in the 89th minute of play. After 90 played minutes THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ got a freekick which was hit by Bernardo Pereira. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavio Maciel in the 93rd minute of play forced Macaco F.C.'s goalkeeper Geovanni Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Flavio Maciel managed to get in a good position for a shot. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Flavio Maciel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Geovanni Pinho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ fans cheered their team off the field, for while Macaco F.C. had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.