U23 League

ARENA DO TERROR
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Moisés Dracena kicked off to start the match. Orlando Paraíba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moisés Dracena, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Haridades F.C's Cafu Pinheiro got a free kick in the 11th minute. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Moisés Dracena put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Orlando Paraíba. Nando das Neves kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Eduardo Souza in the 28th minute of play forced TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Orlando Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gerson Sarmento was slow to take the kick. During this time Haridades F.C's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Haridades F.C's corner Gerson Sarmento fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Orlando Paraíba quite easily take care of the ball. In the 32nd minute, Ernesto Coelho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Haridades F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Ronaldinho Pernambucano made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Betinho de Azevedo sent off a good shot on target. Egídio Vaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Roger Koehler fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Haridades F.C's protests and gave Roger Koehler a yellow card for diving instead. In the 46th minute, Roger Koehler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Egídio Vaz to make the kick off. The supporters of Haridades F.C booed when TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adriano Azevedo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 51 played minutes TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- got a freekick which was hit by Nando das Neves. 52 minutes into the match, Haridades F.C's Gerson Sarmento broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. When Egídio Vaz came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- 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 Egídio Vaz couldn't finish the play. Cafu Pinheiro hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. In the 56th minute, Egídio Vaz 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. Ronaldinho Pernambucano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Betinho de Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Haridades F.C fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 63rd minute. Penalty! In the 64th minute there was a penalty for TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-. Egídio Vaz stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ronaldinho Pernambucano. 1-2. If Betinho de Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 76 minutes of play, TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s Egídio Vaz made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Orlando Paraíba came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Haridades F.C's Moisés Dracena. But to his dismay, Moisés Dracena quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Betinho de Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronaldinho Pernambucano having to interfere. The supporters of TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- booed when Haridades F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Coelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Orlando Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moisés Dracena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Haridades F.C had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.