U21 League

Diamond Stadium
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Renato Penha took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Paulinho Santos notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Diamond Football Club's Ernesto Favoretto. Ernesto Favoretto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 7 minutes into the game, Ernesto Damião cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ernesto Favoretto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Paulinho Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 11 minutes of play, Minotauro's Paulinho Santos made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ernesto Favoretto was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ernesto Favoretto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ernesto Damião went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 20 minutes into the match, Diamond Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Paulinho Santos came free, but Ernesto Favoretto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rdth minute of the game Paulinho Santos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Diamond Football Club's Ernesto Favoretto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Minotauro fans' excitement grew in the 25th match minute when Minotauro's Ernesto Damião looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 27 minutes into the game, Carlos Augusto Lopez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Minotauro's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Diamond Football Club the free kick. In the 35th minute, Paulinho Santos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Minotauro fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. 40 minutes into the game, Romeu Sousa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Ernesto Favoretto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 43rd minute, Ernesto Damião ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ernesto Favoretto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. Minotauro made a substitution. Tales Vasconcelos replaced Paulinho Santos.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tales Vasconcelos made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Damião got free with Ernesto Favoretto in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tales Vasconcelos in the 57th minute of play forced Diamond Football Club's goalkeeper Ernesto Favoretto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernesto Favoretto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Perivaldo Dias in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th match minute, Diamond Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Paranaense to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bartosz Bednorz in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ernesto Favoretto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The crowd rose to their feet as Minotauro's Tales Vasconcelos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ernesto Favoretto. That made the score 0-11 after 62 minutes of play. Jano Palmeira hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. 69 minutes into the match, Diamond Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Tales Vasconcelos came free, but Ernesto Favoretto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 74 minutes of play, Minotauro's Tales Vasconcelos made it 0-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ernesto Favoretto was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Jano Palmeira was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 77 minutes had been played. Perivaldo Dias hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Perivaldo Dias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Ernesto Favoretto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ernesto Damião received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ernesto Favoretto came out and tried to block the shot, but Ernesto Damião slotted it home off the left post making it 0-13 in the 84th minute. Ernesto Favoretto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bartosz Bednorz's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Diamond Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zé Paulo Mendonça was slow to take the kick. During this time Minotauro's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Zé Paulo Mendonça got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ernesto Favoretto quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Diamond Football Club's goalkeeper Ernesto Favoretto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Carlos Augusto Lopez struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Ernesto Favoretto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Minotauro. Ernesto Damião struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Ernesto Favoretto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Minotauro. Ernesto Damião received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ernesto Favoretto came out and tried to block the shot, but Ernesto Damião slotted it home off the left post making it 0-14 in the 99th minute. Minotauro played a much better game than Diamond Football Club and deserved their victory. The Diamond Football Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.