U23 League

Estádio da Paz
Spectators: 151 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) In the 3rd minute, Wágner Carneiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. João Paulo Zonta was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After some careless play in the Excelência de Luxe defense, César Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of João Paulo Zonta. The Excelência de Luxe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that João Paulo Zonta should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Excelência de Luxe getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Felippe Custódio hit a great ball. When Dito Eger came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the PREZULO FC 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 Dito Eger couldn't finish the play. João Paulo Zonta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César Cruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 16th match minute, Excelência de Luxe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Vítor Lira to maneuver through the defense. After 16 played minutes, PREZULO FC's Dito Eger shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Paulo Zonta came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in PREZULO FC reached it. João Paulo Zonta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from César Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wágner Carneiro in the 20th minute of play forced Excelência de Luxe's goalkeeper João Paulo Zonta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. João Paulo Zonta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matheus de Souza in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute César Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Paulo Zonta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wágner Carneiro scored 0-3 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of João Paulo Zonta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 31 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's César Cruz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that João Paulo Zonta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. João Paulo Zonta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Cruz in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that César Cruz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Paulo Zonta was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by César Cruz in the 39th minute of play forced Excelência de Luxe's goalkeeper João Paulo Zonta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Miguel Chaves fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PREZULO FC's protests and gave Miguel Chaves a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to PREZULO FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Miguel Chaves hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell César Cruz to make the kick off. Excelência de Luxe's defense didn't have a chance, in the 51st minute, when César Cruz scored to the left of an out of position João Paulo Zonta, making the score, 0-5. 54 minutes into the match, César Cruz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of João Paulo Zonta, 0-6. A collision led to PREZULO FC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Wágner Carneiro hit a great ball. In the 60th minute, Juan Mangueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dida Brasil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Mangueira in the 66th minute of play. Matheus de Souza scored 0-8 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of João Paulo Zonta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matheus de Souza got free with João Paulo Zonta in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. César Cruz scored 0-9 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of João Paulo Zonta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as César Cruz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving João Paulo Zonta. That made the score 0-10 in the 77 minute of play. João Paulo Zonta was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but César Cruz showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-11 in the 85 minute of play. In the 93rd minute, César Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.