U23 League

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Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Murillo de Almeida got the match started through his kick off. Luís Fábio de Alcântara was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. A collision led to ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Luís Fábio de Alcântara hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Doni Vides hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Harry Kane hit a great ball. After 17 minutes of play, Planet Caravan's Benjamim Jacinto made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sílvio Luís Passos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 22nd minute, Harry Kane left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dino Pontes got free with Jonathan Teixeira in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Dino Pontes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Teixeira was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erik Hoffmann was slow to take the kick. During this time Planet Caravan's players had a chance to rest. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Benjamim Jacinto sped through ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sílvio Luís Passos. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Harry Kane in the 39th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Jonathan Teixeira was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Planet Caravan through an amazing save. Planet Caravan's Erik Hoffmann couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Harry Kane made a kick off. The goalkeeper, Sílvio Luís Passos, was totally fooled by Planet Caravan's Erik Hoffmann, who 53 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Cléber Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Jonathan Teixeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee gave ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ a penalty, 67 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Doni Vides, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Planet Caravan's Jonathan Teixeira. 2-3. Jonathan Teixeira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cléber Azevedo's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. 91 minutes into the match, Planet Caravan's goal looked a bit too open when Harry Kane came free, but Jonathan Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sílvio Luís Passos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamim Jacinto in the 97th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harry Kane in the 99th minute of play forced Planet Caravan's goalkeeper Jonathan Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Planet Caravan's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.