U23 League

Arena Da Zimba
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the game, Atlético da Colina's Chico Bastos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vítor Saraiva made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 7th minute, Guilherme Souza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Germano was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Carlos Germano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guilherme Souza in the 10th minute. After 12 minutes Atlético da Colina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cesinha Vieira who took care of the corner kick. Guilherme Souza's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Carlos Germano firmly grabbed it by the left post. Guilherme Souza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Carlos Germano made a huge save. In the 20th match minute, Imbituba - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesinha Vieira to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lobo Guará in the 22nd minute of play forced Atlético da Colina's goalkeeper Carlos Germano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Guilherme Souza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cafu Aparecido's late challenge caught a Atlético da Colina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cafu Aparecido helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Atlético da Colina booed when Imbituba - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cafu Aparecido didn't get a good kick on the ball. 27 minutes into the game, Chico Bastos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Vítor Saraiva was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 31st minute, Chico Bastos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlético da Colina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guilherme Souza got free with Carlos Germano in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Chico Bastos scored 1-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vítor Saraiva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Samuca Camargo's late challenge caught a Atlético da Colina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuca Camargo helped the player get up and apologised. Samuca Camargo hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chico Bastos was the one to do the kick off. Vítor Saraiva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Bastos, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 56th minute, Chico Bastos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vítor Saraiva. The goal made the score 1-5. Chico Bastos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vítor Saraiva came out and tried to block the shot, but Chico Bastos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute, Dedé Vital hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute, Orlando Vinhas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Atlético da Colina getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Dedé Vital hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute, Guilherme Souza made a precise shot to the right of Carlos Germano. Atlético da Colina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-7. João Fantini 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 78th minute, Cafu Aparecido hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute Guilherme Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Germano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Vítor Saraiva got control of the ball when Chico Bastos tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Atlético da Colina left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Imbituba - FSCMZ.