U23 League

Arena Resenha
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Davi Mello made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zemantauskas FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Baltazar de Castro was slow to take the kick. During this time ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabiano Trevisan in the 13th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 15 played minutes Zemantauskas FC got a freekick which was hit by Serginho Simões. The crowd rose to their feet as ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Marc Linz slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sílvio Penha. That made the score 1-0 after 16 minutes of play. In the 18th match minute, Zemantauskas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabiano Trevisan to maneuver through the defense. 19 minutes into the match, Zemantauskas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marc Linz came free, but Sílvio Penha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th match minute, Zemantauskas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remo Varela to maneuver through the defense. Sílvio Penha was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Güray Arıkhan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Güray Arıkhan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After 27 played minutes ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ got a freekick which was hit by Eusébio Montenegro. Davi Mello's late challenge caught a ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Davi Mello helped the player get up and apologised. Davi Mello hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ defense, Davi Mello kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of João Francisco Loyola. The ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that João Francisco Loyola should have stopped the shot. Igor Britto hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Leonel Botelho lost his temper 47 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 47th minute, Leonel Botelho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Otávio Meirelles kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. João Francisco Loyola made an important save on a dangerous shot by Davi Mello in the 54th minute. João Francisco Loyola made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Davi Mello sent off a good shot on target. Valdir Ortiz's late challenge caught a ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valdir Ortiz helped the player get up and apologised. After 59 played minutes Zemantauskas FC got a freekick which was hit by Valdir Ortiz. Alex Berger received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. João Francisco Loyola came out and tried to block the shot, but Alex Berger slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 64th minute. Remo Varela could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but João Francisco Loyola made a huge save. Sílvio Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Linz in the 69th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 71 minutes into the game, when Serginho Simões put in a rough tackle. After 72 played minutes Zemantauskas FC got a freekick which was hit by Serginho Simões. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdir Ortiz got free with João Francisco Loyola in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 81 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valdir Ortiz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Berger in the 83rd minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the game, Alex Berger recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of João Francisco Loyola. Alex Berger showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. 87 minutes into the match, Zemantauskas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marc Linz came free, but Sílvio Penha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valdir Ortiz in the 88th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, João Francisco Loyola successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Zemantauskas FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.