U23 League

Pikachuzim Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frederico França took the kick off in the first half of the match. Karim Bado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor da Fonseca in the 2nd minute. A throw-in in the 4th minute of the game was made by Luizão Fontes with Vito Batista as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 7th minute, Victor da Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tadeu Britto in the 10th minute. Sidnei Sanches was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Ulisses Teixeira charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ulisses Teixeira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pedro Luiz Matorin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frederico França, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Pedro Luiz Matorin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frederico França went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. AS Pikachuzim's Pedro Luiz Matorin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frederico França in the 29th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor da Fonseca got free with Karim Bado in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Frederico França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 35th minute Frederico França shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luiz Matorin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frederico França in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Luiz Matorin saved AS Pikachuzim from getting behind. After 44 minutes of play, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Frederico França made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Luiz Matorin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ke Chang Lin lost his temper 48 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 48th minute, Ke Chang Lin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 50th minute Gil Vale managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cristian Bittencourt to make the kick off. If Sidnei Sanches had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nicolas França took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Luiz Matorin. Pedro Luiz Matorin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. A collision led to Rio Verde F.C CIMZ getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Nicolas França hit a great ball. Sidnei Sanches's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Pedro Luiz Matorin firmly grabbed it by the left post. Gil Vale made in the 80th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Luizão Fontes. AS Pikachuzim's Pedro Luiz Matorin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save AS Pikachuzim from getting a goal against them. 84 minutes into the game, Cristian Bittencourt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Karim Bado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Renan Tepedino was substituted for Sidnei Sanches. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Karim Bado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luizão Fontes in the 90th minute of play. Pedro Luiz Matorin made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Nicolas França sent off a good shot on target.