U23 League

Arena da Baixada
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bola Forte got the match started through his kick off. Valdemar de Amaral struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Marcinho Fonseca didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Grêmio 20 Julho. Walmyr Hoffmann kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Marcinho Fonseca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdemar de Amaral in the 11th minute of the match. When Valdemar de Amaral came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Grêmio 20 Julho 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 Valdemar de Amaral couldn't finish the play. Téo Pires could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Marcinho Fonseca made a huge save. Marcinho Fonseca made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Téo Pires sent off a good shot on target. Gualter Albuquerque lost his temper 21 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Jonathan Zanette had in the 23rdth minute some difficulties stopping Natã Sanches's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Pedrinho Loureiro kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Claudinho Toscano who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 32ndth minute tested the skills of Marcinho Fonseca when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudinho Toscano got free with Marcinho Fonseca in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute Bola Forte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcinho Fonseca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudinho Toscano in the 39th minute. Grêmio 20 Julho's attentive Daniel Neves managed to snatch the ball when Emílio Mello made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Jânio Pires fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcinho Fonseca having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Claudinho Toscano was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute of the match Natã Sanches sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan Zanette skillfully saved the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Mamutes EC's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinho Toscano came free, but Marcinho Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Mamutes EC's goal looked a bit too open when Ivo Brito came free, but Marcinho Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcinho Fonseca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Téo Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. 62 minutes into the match, Mamutes EC's goal looked a bit too open when Téo Pires came free, but Marcinho Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcinho Fonseca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Claudinho Toscano's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. After having played for 68 minutes, Claudinho Toscano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Grêmio 20 Julho's supporters crossed their fingers, but Claudinho Toscano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marcinho Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinho Toscano in the 73rd minute of play. Mamutes EC's Marcinho Fonseca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudinho Toscano in the 78th minute of play. Grêmio 20 Julho's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Téo Pires in the 80th minute. After 80 played minutes Téo Pires shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Mamutes EC's Marcinho Fonseca to catch but Téo Pires was lucky. It became 1-0 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Felippe Zanette's late challenge caught a Grêmio 20 Julho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felippe Zanette helped the player get up and apologised. Jailson dos Santos got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Walmyr Hoffmann. Jânio Pires fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcinho Fonseca having to interfere. Téo Pires kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Claudinho Toscano 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. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Grêmio 20 Julho fully deserved thier win.