U23 League

Arena Umarizal
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eusébio Paraíba made the kick off which started today's match. Remo Amaral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusébio Paraíba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Valdo Vergílio got a free kick in the 6th minute. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Remo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eusébio Paraíba in the 7th minute of play. Diego Dantas kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. The supporters of Edson Futebol Clube booed when ✪ XV de Umarizal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdo Vergílio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 21st minute, one of ✪ XV de Umarizal:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ✪ XV de Umarizal. Tostão Cardoso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edson Futebol Clube's Giovanni Nóbrega proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Edson Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. In the 31st minute, Tostão Cardoso 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. ✪ XV de Umarizal's Remo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tostão Cardoso in the 35th minute of play. Rodrigo Nestor received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Giovanni Nóbrega came out and tried to block the shot, but Rodrigo Nestor slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 37th minute. 39 minutes into the game, Edson Futebol Clube's Tostão Cardoso nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Remo Amaral made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. 45 minutes into the game, Tostão Cardoso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Remo Amaral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The ✪ XV de Umarizal players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Edson Futebol Clube were winning 1-4.

Remo Amaral was a little too slow when Eusébio Paraíba got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 53rd minute. The score was now 1-5. Remo Amaral didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Edson Futebol Clube's Tostão Cardoso shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-6 in the ordered_time% minute. After 59 minutes of play, Edson Futebol Clube's Tostão Cardoso made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Remo Amaral was left in no man's land by his defense there! 63 minutes into the match, Tostão Cardoso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remo Amaral. ✪ XV de Umarizal's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tostão Cardoso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-8. Alberto Melo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 69th match minute, Edson Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Melo to maneuver through the defense. Remo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Augusto Munhoz in the 74th minute of the match. João Augusto Munhoz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Remo Amaral made a huge save. 80 minutes in the game, João Augusto Munhoz fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Remo Amaral having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, ✪ XV de Umarizal's goal looked a bit too open when João Augusto Munhoz came free, but Remo Amaral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute of the match, Tostão Cardoso got a very nice opportunity to score, but Remo Amaral was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Remo Amaral was a little too slow when João Augusto Munhoz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 1-10. After a rather tough play, ✪ XV de Umarizal's Eduardo Motta got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, João Augusto Munhoz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remo Amaral was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-11. In the 96th minute Tostão Cardoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remo Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 97 minutes, Alan Messias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✪ XV de Umarizal and the Edson Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 97th match minute, ✪ XV de Umarizal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Messias to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Edson Futebol Clube could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ✪ XV de Umarizal throughout the match.