U23 League

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Matías de Moraes started the match with the kick off. Luís Eduardo Donato hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. When Arnaldo Ramos came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the A.A. Francana fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arnaldo Ramos couldn't finish the play. In the 26th minute, Gergely Szentesi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. S.C. Corinthians Paulista's Luiz Fernando Figueiredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armandinho Vergílio in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute Wilton Romero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fernando Figueiredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilton Romero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilton Romero in the 33rd minute of the match. Paulo Alagoano kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th minute, Cássio Viana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulo Alagoano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Ramos in the 46th minute of play forced S.C. Corinthians Paulista's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilton Romero took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luiz Fernando Figueiredo. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Armandinho Vergílio to strike the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matías de Moraes in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Telmo Trigo saved A.A. Francana from getting behind. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Armandinho Vergílio in the 58th minute. Cleiton Pernambucano hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Geovani Cosme hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After 72 played minutes S.C. Corinthians Paulista got a freekick which was hit by Cleiton Pernambucano. In the 74th minute, Armandinho Vergílio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 80th minute, Arnaldo Ramos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A.A. Francana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo was a little too slow when Arnaldo Ramos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 0-5. After 92 played minutes S.C. Corinthians Paulista got a freekick which was hit by Gergely Szentesi. The S.C. Corinthians Paulista fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. A.A. Francana were clearly better and deserved to take the win.