U23 League

Sebastien Faure
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Juventudes Libertárias's Alexsandro Simão pulled a muscle in his leg after 2 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paulo Renato Arce during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Lobo Guará getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Paulo Renato Arce hit a great ball. Vânderson Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubinho Loureiro in the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th match minute, Lobo Guará was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustavo Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. Vânderson Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Proença in the 11th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Gilson Meirelles could shoot a difficult shot in the 14th minute, which Vânderson Esteves however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Mendonça in the 16th minute of play forced Juventudes Libertárias's goalkeeper Wágner Seco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kauan Salgado kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. If Gilson Meirelles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vânderson Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Proença in the 33rd minute of the match. Paulo Renato Arce kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's goalkeeper Vânderson Esteves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gilson Meirelles. Vânderson Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agostinho Almeida in the 41st minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Márcio Santos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vânderson Esteves quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Agostinho Almeida to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Lobo Guará got a freekick which was hit by Gustavo Mendonça. 53 minutes into the game, Juventudes Libertárias's Agostinho Almeida nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vânderson Esteves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Ritvaldis Rau managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juventudes Libertárias's supporters rose to their feet, but Ritvaldis Rau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vânderson Esteves breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 68th minute Agostinho Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vânderson Esteves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lobo Guará made a substitution. Artur Branco replaced Albertinho Leite. Cristián Pavon kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Vânderson Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Proença, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 86th match minute, Juventudes Libertárias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lúcio da Silveira to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ritvaldis Rau in the 89th minute of play forced Lobo Guará's goalkeeper Vânderson Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's goal looked a bit too open when Agostinho Almeida came free, but Vânderson Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 94 played minutes Lobo Guará got a freekick which was hit by Claudinei Tande. Juventudes Libertárias's Agostinho Almeida got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.