U23 League

Radium Mococa
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Faustão de Mendonça made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of A A Arizona booed when Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. César Rossi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hu Zhen Hong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from César Rossi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute, Valério Paranaense left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A A Arizona fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 20th minute Manuel Paiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabiano Neto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabiano Neto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldinho Cruz in the 20th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ronaldinho Cruz in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabiano Neto saved Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร from getting behind. After some careless play in the Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร defense, Valério Paranaense kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabiano Neto. The Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabiano Neto should have stopped the shot. 25 minutes into the match, A A Arizona's goal looked a bit too open when Faustão de Mendonça came free, but Hu Zhen Hong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Bruninho Castro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. A A Arizona's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร the free kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Faustão de Mendonça got free with Hu Zhen Hong in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 32 minutes into the match, A A Arizona's goalkeeper Hu Zhen Hong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Faustão de Mendonça. Hu Zhen Hong made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when César Rossi sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, A A Arizona's Hélder Pinho got a free kick in the 44th minute. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manuel Paiva was the one to do the kick off. César Rossi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Hu Zhen Hong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hu Zhen Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luizinho Xavier, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Fabiano Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Paiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Fabiano Neto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Paiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. César Rossi hit a great ball. 77 minutes into the match, A A Arizona's goal looked a bit too open when Faustão de Mendonça came free, but Hu Zhen Hong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hu Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovanni Marinho in the 82nd minute of the match. After 83 minutes A A Arizona's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cido Paulista who took care of the corner kick. Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's Cido Paulista was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hu Zhen Hong in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that César Rossi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hu Zhen Hong was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Valério Paranaense kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fabiano Neto. That made the score 1-4 in the 90 minute of play. Hu Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faustão de Mendonça in the 96th minute of the match. The Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching A A Arizona's performance. The match ended with a win for A A Arizona.