U23 League

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rogério Neves took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes, Rogério Neves mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Resplendor and the PREZULO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rogério Neves kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. PREZULO FC's Gilson de Sousa shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 7th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Enéas Arantes but with some difficulty. In the 9th minute, César Cruz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Enéas Arantes. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 13th minute César Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enéas Arantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute, Jaime Bastos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Enéas Arantes. The goal made the score 3-0. César Cruz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Enéas Arantes came out and tried to block the shot, but César Cruz slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 17th minute. In the 22nd minute, Válbson Carvalho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Enéas Arantes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of César Cruz's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 5-0 when César Cruz sped through Resplendor's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Enéas Arantes. When PREZULO FC's Válbson Carvalho in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Resplendor's goalie prevented a goal. In the 30th minute César Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enéas Arantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the game, Gilson de Godoy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Resplendor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PREZULO FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Resplendor's Gilson de Godoy got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Enéas Arantes made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Matheus de Souza sent off a good shot on target. 34 minutes into the game, PREZULO FC's Matheus de Souza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Enéas Arantes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Enéas Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Bastos in the 40th minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Resplendor's goalkeeper Enéas Arantes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by César Cruz. In the 44th minute of the match, César Cruz tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Enéas Arantes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. César Cruz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Enéas Arantes made a huge save. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when César Cruz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Enéas Arantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Cruz in the 52nd minute of the match. Enéas Arantes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Bastos, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 7-0 when César Cruz sped through Resplendor's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Enéas Arantes. After some careless play in the Resplendor defense, César Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Enéas Arantes. The Resplendor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Enéas Arantes should have stopped the shot. After 61 minutes of play, PREZULO FC's César Cruz made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Enéas Arantes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Enéas Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Bastos in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matheus de Souza in the 67th minute of play forced Resplendor's goalkeeper Enéas Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Válbson Carvalho in the 69th minute of play forced Resplendor's goalkeeper Enéas Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Enéas Arantes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matheus de Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 75 minutes into the game, César Cruz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Enéas Arantes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Enéas Arantes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from César Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Enéas Arantes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matheus de Souza went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. In the 85th minute, Matheus de Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PREZULO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. Nildo Munhoz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enéas Arantes having to interfere. If Dito Eger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Matheus de Souza scored 13-0 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Enéas Arantes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.