U23 League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Téo de Castro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Anselmi Saksinen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clóvis Corrêa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to 20 DE SETEMBRO getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Clóvis Corrêa hit a great ball. Alessandro Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Anselmi Saksinen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Túlio Maravilha made a precise shot to the right of Hélder de Queiroz. 20 DE SETEMBRO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Túlio Maravilha got free with Hélder de Queiroz in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Meng Ran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélder de Queiroz having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, Túlio Maravilha notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of 20 DE SETEMBRO's Hélder de Queiroz. Hélder de Queiroz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Walmyr Mendes came free with the goalkeeper in the 31st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Hélder de Queiroz could save by the left post. Túlio Maravilha came free with the goalkeeper in the 34th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Hélder de Queiroz could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Meng Ran got free with Hélder de Queiroz in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Estrela Solitária's Adalberto Campidelis got a free kick in the 37th minute. Hélder de Queiroz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Túlio Maravilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Meng Ran's late challenge caught a 20 DE SETEMBRO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Meng Ran helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th match minute, Estrela Solitária was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Meng Ran to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute, Túlio Maravilha reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hélder de Queiroz. The goal made the score 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alessandro Neves to make the kick off. Anselmi Saksinen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Clóvis Corrêa in the 53rd minute. In the 54th minute Túlio Maravilha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélder de Queiroz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Túlio Maravilha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 62 minutes into the match, Túlio Maravilha notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of 20 DE SETEMBRO's Hélder de Queiroz. Hélder de Queiroz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 72 minutes, Téo de Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Estrela Solitária's supporters crossed their fingers, but Téo de Castro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 75 minutes into the match, Estrela Solitária's goal looked a bit too open when Clóvis Corrêa came free, but Anselmi Saksinen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clóvis Corrêa in the 78th minute of play forced Estrela Solitária's goalkeeper Anselmi Saksinen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of 20 DE SETEMBRO booed when Estrela Solitária was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Téo de Castro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Meng Ran might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hélder de Queiroz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Meng Ran ran back to his position shaking his head. Túlio Maravilha scored 5-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hélder de Queiroz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Estrela Solitária fans cheered their team off the field, for while 20 DE SETEMBRO had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.