U23 League

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Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Gustavo Cordeiro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Noel Santos took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sílvio Luís Passos. Sílvio Luís Passos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The supporters of New England Patriots booed when ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Narciso Nogueira didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Percy Capixaba got a free kick in the 22nd minute. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Sílvio Luís Passos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Cordeiro in the 23rd minute of play. José Carlos Meireles was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cléber Azevedo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 27 minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Harry Kane cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. José Carlos Meireles was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Narciso Nogueira hit a great ball. Reginaldo Prado, 34 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 36 played minutes New England Patriots got a freekick which was hit by William de Amaral. Harry Kane succeeded in the game's 39th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-1. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Sílvio Luís Passos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William de Amaral in the 42nd minute of play. Harry Kane who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of José Carlos Meireles when he managed to save the team from getting behind.

José Carlos Meireles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar de Brito in the 51st minute of the match. In the 56th minute, Abtin Torabi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, Doni Vides hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sílvio Luís Passos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reginaldo Prado in the 65th minute of the match. After 65 minutes, Gilmar de Brito mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ and the New England Patriots players grew even worse after the yellow card. Abtin Torabi charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abtin Torabi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to New England Patriots getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Abtin Torabi hit a great ball. Cléber Azevedo, 69 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. José Carlos Meireles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harry Kane, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 75 played minutes New England Patriots got a freekick which was hit by Ricardinho Macedo. After 76 played minutes, ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Cléber Azevedo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper José Carlos Meireles came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ reached it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by William de Amaral during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, New England Patriots's William de Amaral got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute of the match Benjamim Freitas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but José Carlos Meireles skillfully saved the ball. José Carlos Meireles didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cléber Azevedo went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. Luís Fábio de Alcântara took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 86th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for José Carlos Meireles. New England Patriots's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Harry Kane blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without José Carlos Meireles having to make a save. Harry Kane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. José Carlos Meireles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in New England Patriots's zone, Dino Pontes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Carlos Meireles came out of the goal and Dino Pontes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.