U23 League

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Three Lions FC's Rafael de Godoi 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. In the 7th minute Rafael de Godoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dorival Moura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dorival Moura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael de Godoi in the 13th minute of the match. Eusébio Messias hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute, Rafael de Godoi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Three Lions FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The supporters of Three Lions FC booed when MAGNIFICOS.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nilton Berger didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jeferson Pombal came free, but Dorival Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Eusébio Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot. MAGNIFICOS.FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eusébio Messias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dênis de Castro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 31 played minutes MAGNIFICOS.FC got a freekick which was hit by Virgílio Moreno. Three Lions FC's Rafael de Godoi got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute, Virgílio Moreno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goal looked a bit too open when George Foden came free, but Dorival Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorival Moura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Grealish in the 37th minute of the match. Dorival Moura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeferson Pombal in the 38th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the game, George Grealish cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dorival Moura was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 43 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goal looked a bit too open when George Grealish came free, but Dorival Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorival Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael de Godoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Dorival Moura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabiano Silveira in the 45th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Grealish in the 47th minute of play forced MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Dorival Moura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Eusébio Messias made the kick off in the second half. Dorival Moura made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jeferson Pombal in the 52nd minute. In the 55th match minute, MAGNIFICOS.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nilton Berger to maneuver through the defense. In the 56thth minute of the game Fabiano Silveira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MAGNIFICOS.FC's Dorival Moura was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rafael de Godoi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Dorival Moura made a huge save. 60 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fabiano Silveira came free, but Dorival Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. George Foden received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dorival Moura came out and tried to block the shot, but George Foden slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 61st minute. Jeferson Pombal came free with the goalkeeper in the 65th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dorival Moura could save by the left post. Elivélton Domingues charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elivélton Domingues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Elivélton Domingues got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeferson Pombal in the 68th minute of play forced MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Dorival Moura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dorival Moura came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Three Lions FC's George Grealish. But to his dismay, George Grealish quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Dorival Moura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Grealish in the 87th minute of the match. Dorival Moura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Grealish in the 89th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeferson Pombal got free with Dorival Moura in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match was over Three Lions FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than MAGNIFICOS.FC throughout the match.