U21 League

Estádio Saecinza
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcus Simões took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes into the game, Eliseu Braga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Júlio Alagoano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 9 played minutes Marquês de Herval got a freekick which was hit by Giovani Fernandes. After 11 minutes, Robinho Gerber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marquês de Herval and the Saecinza players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robinho Gerber to maneuver through the defense. Juninho Montenegro charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juninho Montenegro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th minute, Eliseu Braga 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. In the 20th minute Bruno Bastos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Júlio Alagoano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Júlio Alagoano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Simões in the 25th minute of play. Sandro Secco hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Marcus Simões recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Júlio Alagoano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Simões in the 31st minute of the match. Júlio Alagoano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Braga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Simões blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Júlio Alagoano having to make a save. Saecinza's Júlio Alagoano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Simões in the 47th minute of play.

Júlio Alagoano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus Simões went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Júlio Alagoano came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Marquês de Herval's Marcus Simões. But to his dismay, Marcus Simões quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Marcus Simões received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Júlio Alagoano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Sandro Secco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 64 minutes into the match, Saecinza's goalkeeper Júlio Alagoano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eliseu Braga. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Bastos in the 69th minute of play forced Saecinza's goalkeeper Júlio Alagoano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the game, Marquês de Herval's Marcus Simões nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Júlio Alagoano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. In the 77th minute, Marquês de Herval's Bruno Bastos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Júlio Alagoano. Júlio Alagoano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Marcus Simões sped through Saecinza's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Júlio Alagoano. Júlio Alagoano was a little too slow when Eliseu Braga got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 0-10. After 92 minutes Marquês de Herval's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Juarês da Rocha who took care of the corner kick. Júlio Alagoano came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Marquês de Herval's Marcus Simões. But to his dismay, Marcus Simões quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. The Saecinza fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Marquês de Herval were clearly better and deserved to take the win.