U23 League

Arena Lucas Martins
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Silvinho Britto made the kick off which started today's match. Fernando Courtois came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Hermanos CIMZ's Silvinho Britto. But to his dismay, Silvinho Britto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Genílson Massa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilian Gulak in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilian Gulak in the 12th minute of play forced Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalkeeper Genílson Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Geovani de Senna fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Los Hermanos CIMZ's protests and gave Geovani de Senna a yellow card for diving instead. Geovani de Senna kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Genílson Massa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitinho Peixoto in the 16th minute of play. After 17 minutes, Fábio Aparecido mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Hermanos CIMZ and the Agro Imortal players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 17 played minutes Los Hermanos CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Fábio Aparecido. In the 20th minute, Wilian Gulak made a precise shot to the right of Genílson Massa. Los Hermanos CIMZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Silvinho Britto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Fernando Courtois made a huge save. After some careless play in the Los Hermanos CIMZ defense, Wilian Gulak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Genílson Massa. The Los Hermanos CIMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Genílson Massa should have stopped the shot. In the 30th minute, Silvinho Britto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Los Hermanos CIMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Mário Quirino made in the 35th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Wilian Gulak however managed to control. 36 minutes into the game, Silvinho Britto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Fernando Courtois was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fernando Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvinho Britto in the 46th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Wilian Gulak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilian Gulak in the 51st minute of play forced Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalkeeper Genílson Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 minutes of play, Agro Imortal's Wilian Gulak made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Genílson Massa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fernando Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvinho Britto, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Lucas Dembélé kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Fernando Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aníbal Pimenta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the game, Valério Veiga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Agro Imortal's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Los Hermanos CIMZ the free kick. Valério Veiga hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. If Silvinho Britto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Dennis Bergkamp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Genílson Massa was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Dennis Bergkamp took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Genílson Massa. Genílson Massa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4.