U23 League

Estádio Rei Pelé
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Samurai Champions FC's Jeferson Amaral started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Renan Sena notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Morro Grande E.C's Toninho Caca-Rato. Toninho Caca-Rato was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 5th minute, Jeferson Amaral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai Champions FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Jeferson Amaral put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Toninho Caca-Rato. Leopoldo Velasco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Toninho Caca-Rato having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Jeferson Amaral put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Toninho Caca-Rato. 28 minutes into the game, Reynaldo Tepedino was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Morro Grande E.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Samurai Champions FC the free kick. In the 29th minute Renan Sena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toninho Caca-Rato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toninho Caca-Rato didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Samurai Champions FC's Jeferson Amaral shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to Samurai Champions FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Mauro Silva hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Morro Grande E.C's Eugênio da Costa tried to score from far away in the 34th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Toninho Caca-Rato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renan Sena in the 37th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Jeferson Amaral's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toninho Caca-Rato was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. 47 minutes in the game, César Vinhas fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Alexsandro Netto having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wanderson Mello to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Wanderson Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexsandro Netto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 55 minutes Samurai Champions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eugênio da Costa who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Morro Grande E.C's Eugênio da Costa to fire away a dangerous shot which Alexsandro Netto despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some careless play in the Morro Grande E.C defense, Jeferson Amaral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Toninho Caca-Rato. The Morro Grande E.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Toninho Caca-Rato should have stopped the shot. Toninho Caca-Rato didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Samurai Champions FC's Jeferson Amaral shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-8 in the ordered_time% minute. Morro Grande E.C's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Jeferson Amaral 70 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-9. Morro Grande E.C's César Vinhas got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 81 minutes into the match, Morro Grande E.C's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Velasco came free, but Toninho Caca-Rato reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, César Vinhas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Morro Grande E.C's supporters rose to their feet, but César Vinhas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexsandro Netto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 83rd match minute, Samurai Champions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Augusto Luz to maneuver through the defense. Toninho Caca-Rato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Velasco, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Toninho Caca-Rato made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Renan Sena sent off a good shot on target. 93 minutes in the game, Jeferson Amaral fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Toninho Caca-Rato having to interfere. A collision led to Morro Grande E.C getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Ernani Cearense hit a great ball. When the match was over Samurai Champions FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Morro Grande E.C throughout the match.