U23 League

Arena do Urubu
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matías de Moraes took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Eusébio Soeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juninho Freire showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matías de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Motta Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Cleiton Pernambucano came free, but Juninho Freire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armando Teixeira made an important save on a dangerous shot by 吕震强 in the 10th minute. In the last second Armando Teixeira throw himself and got hold of the ball when Elias Freire in the 11thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 17 played minutes S.C. Corinthians Paulista got a freekick which was hit by Gergely Szentesi. 19 minutes into the match, S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goal looked a bit too open when 吕震强 came free, but Armando Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Diego da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guilherme Arana got free with Armando Teixeira in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Diego da Cunha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juninho Freire having to interfere. 29 minutes into the match, Motta Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Frank dos Santos came free, but Juninho Freire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute Elias Freire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick Costa hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Gergely Szentesi hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Armando Teixeira made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Elias Freire sent off a good shot on target. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Elias Freire made the kick off in the second half. Armando Teixeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zeca Esteves, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Armando Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mac Oña in the 56th minute of play. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Armando Teixeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 吕震强 in the 61st minute of play. Armando Teixeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrick Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeca Esteves in the 64th minute of play forced S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Armando Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armando Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 吕震强 in the 68th minute of play. Motta Futebol Clube's Zeca de Azevedo was substituted for Zeca Esteves. An unexpectedly hard shot by 吕震强 in the 75th minute of play forced S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Armando Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goal looked a bit too open when Zeca de Azevedo came free, but Armando Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th minute 吕震强 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armando Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 吕震强, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armando Teixeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcinho Paes, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Armando Teixeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 吕震强, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute Marcinho Paes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick Costa scored 1-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Armando Teixeira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Motta Futebol Clube's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.