U23 League

Cana Brava
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dinei Peres took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dinei Peres could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Adelino Freire made a huge save. With a little luck, Triforce Super Soccer's Adelino Freire got control of the ball when Dinei Peres tried to sneak it across the goal line. 1-0 became the score in the 11th minute when Edorta Quintas elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Izaltina FAD's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Roberto Paulista in the 15th minute. The corner led Izaltina FAD's Roberto Paulista to fire away a dangerous shot which Adelino Freire despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Rony de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duarte Trevisan in the 20th minute of play. Adelino Freire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dinei Peres in the 23rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dinei Peres got free with Adelino Freire in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Izaltina FAD booed when Triforce Super Soccer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Norberto de Toledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Triforce Super Soccer's goalkeeper Adelino Freire had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edorta Quintas. The supporters of Izaltina FAD booed when Triforce Super Soccer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dedê Fernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 40 played minutes Triforce Super Soccer got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Vasconcelos. Roberto Paulista missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 42 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Adelino Freire right hand side. Otávio Pinheiro's late challenge caught a Triforce Super Soccer's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Otávio Pinheiro helped the player get up and apologised. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Duarte Trevisan to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dinei Peres in the 51st minute of play forced Triforce Super Soccer's goalkeeper Adelino Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Edorta Quintas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Izaltina FAD made a substitution. Jaime Cabral replaced Ricardinho Arantes. Izaltina FAD were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Triforce Super Soccer's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Roberto Paulista took the corner. If Paulão Pombal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th match minute, Triforce Super Soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dedê Fernandez to maneuver through the defense. Rony de Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Duarte Trevisan sent off a good shot on target. Paulão Pombal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Rony de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 played minutes Izaltina FAD got a freekick which was hit by Otávio Pinheiro. The audience was convinced that Edorta Quintas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adelino Freire was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Adelino Freire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinei Peres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edorta Quintas in the 86th minute of play forced Triforce Super Soccer's goalkeeper Adelino Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Izaltina FAD walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.