U23 League

Arena Peróxidos
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Faustão de Mendonça started the match with the kick off. Faustão de Mendonça received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Claudinho Taffarel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute Luizinho Xavier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudinho Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's goalkeeper Fabiano Neto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gonza Ünder recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Claudinho Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luizinho Xavier in the 25th minute of play. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s goalkeeper Claudinho Taffarel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 29 minutes into the match, Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's Nat Ashby sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Claudinho Taffarel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Luizinho Xavier took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Claudinho Taffarel. Claudinho Taffarel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Claudinho Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faustão de Mendonça in the 35th minute of play. ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Claudinho Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luizinho Xavier in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆ getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Dráusio Brodel hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Fabiano Neto threw himself towards the right post 44 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Fellipe Zanette, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 44 minutes into the game, Fellipe Zanette cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Fabiano Neto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

Fabiano Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 56thth minute of the game Faustão de Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Claudinho Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Giovanni Marinho made in the 58th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which César Rossi however managed to control. The audience thought a goal was coming when Faustão de Mendonça got free with Claudinho Taffarel in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luizinho Xavier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Claudinho Taffarel made a huge save. After 64 minutes of play ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Dráusio Brodel was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 65th minute, Dráusio Brodel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Faustão de Mendonça took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Claudinho Taffarel. Claudinho Taffarel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luizinho Xavier in the 71st minute of play forced ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s goalkeeper Claudinho Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudinho Taffarel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Faustão de Mendonça in the 72nd minute. Faustão de Mendonça could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Claudinho Taffarel made a huge save. 77 minutes into the match, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s goalkeeper Claudinho Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Faustão de Mendonça. ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s Claudinho Taffarel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆ from getting a goal against them. 81 minutes into the match, Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's Cido Paulista sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Claudinho Taffarel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, Gonza Ünder had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Claudinho Taffarel. ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gonza Ünder was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. In the 93rd match minute, ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Alberto Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. After 96 played minutes Luizinho Xavier rounded ☆ PERÓXIDOS ☆'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-5.