U23 League

Aparecidão
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kang Fan Xiang took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vito Porto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hermínio Silva having to make a save. Dieguinho Viana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Almir Salgado in the 7th minute. Vila Zumbi's Hermínio Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Paulo Castro in the 17th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 19 minutes into the game, when Gigel Tofan put in a rough tackle. In the 19th minute, one of Vila Zumbi:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Vila Zumbi. Hermínio Silva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ezequiel Tande hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana got control of the ball when Almir Salgado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hermínio Silva came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Jereba 4EVER's Zé Paulo Castro. But to his dismay, Zé Paulo Castro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Vito Porto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jereba 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but Vito Porto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hermínio Silva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hermínio Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Paulo Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 39 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Ezequiel Tande. In the 41st minute, Kang Fan Xiang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kang Fan Xiang kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Jereba 4EVER's Zé Paulo Castro tried to score from far away in the 43rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 45 minutes into the match, Dário Sampaio notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Vila Zumbi's Hermínio Silva. Hermínio Silva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zé Paulo Castro made a kick off. Vito Porto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Hermínio Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hermínio Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo Castro in the 55th minute of the match. If Vito Porto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A sloppy throw-in by Ezequiel Tande in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Vila Zumbi's Oséias Quirino. Almir Salgado succeeded in the game's 74th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. In the 77th minute, Sandro Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 80 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Ezequiel Tande. Vila Zumbi's Hermínio Silva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Vila Zumbi from getting a goal against them. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Zé Paulo Castro sped through Vila Zumbi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hermínio Silva. When Ramón Paraíba fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jereba 4EVER's protests and gave Ramón Paraíba a yellow card for diving instead. Ramón Paraíba kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the game, Almir Salgado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Dieguinho Viana was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.