U23 League

New York Arena
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Matias Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wanderson Valencia, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4thth minute of the game Wanderson Valencia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Chico Valadares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Gerd Pollmann made a huge save. In the 14th minute, Sandrinho Cunha made a precise shot to the right of Matias Taffarel. . SC Manhattan .'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 16th minute, Chico Valadares ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerd Pollmann was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wanderson Valencia in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matias Taffarel saved . SC Manhattan . from getting behind. Gerd Pollmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Pio in the 23rd minute of play. Matias Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sandrinho Cunha in the 24th minute of play. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by . SC Manhattan .'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sandrinho Cunha was slow to take the kick. During this time Militros F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Gerd Pollmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Pio, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. . SC Manhattan . were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Militros F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pastor Pio took the corner. The corner ended in Van Dijk almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Militros F.C.'s Gerd Pollmann did a great save. In the 37th minute, Chico Valadares 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 42nd minute Pastor Pio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerd Pollmann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Pastor Pio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerd Pollmann was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Chico Valadares in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gerd Pollmann prevented the ball from getting in the gole. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Wanderson Valencia made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Militros F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pastor Pio was slow to take the kick. During this time . SC Manhattan .'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Pastor Pio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gerd Pollmann quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Gerd Pollmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chico Valadares in the 55th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Chico Valadares 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. Militros F.C. made a substitution. Paulão Freire replaced Wanderson Valencia. Sandrinho Cunha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matias Taffarel having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, Chico Valadares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gerd Pollmann. Militros F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chico Valadares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulão Freire in the 74th minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Ronaldão Silva dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Matias Taffarel, 3-2. After some careless play in the Militros F.C. defense, Chico Valadares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gerd Pollmann. The Militros F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gerd Pollmann should have stopped the shot. Gerd Pollmann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chico Valadares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Militros F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 92nd minute, Pastor Pio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The . SC Manhattan . fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-3. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The . SC Manhattan . fans cheered their team off the field, for while Militros 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.