U23 League

Manguetown
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Planet Caravan's Murillo de Almeida 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. The Planet Caravan fans' excitement grew in the 8th match minute when Planet Caravan's Benjamim Jacinto looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Vitinho Freitas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Tróia having to interfere. 20 minutes into the match, Legend™'s goal looked a bit too open when Murillo de Almeida came free, but Ciro Tróia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciro Tróia came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Planet Caravan's Murillo de Almeida. But to his dismay, Murillo de Almeida quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After 30 minutes, Murillo de Almeida made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Legend™'s Ciro Tróia tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With his leg Ciro Tróia managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Planet Caravan's Benjamim Jacinto fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With his leg Ciro Tróia managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Planet Caravan's Benjamim Jacinto fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Teodoro de Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Legend™'s Ciro Tróia got control of the ball when Vitinho Freitas tried to sneak it across the goal line. José Félix hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Legend™'s Ciro Tróia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Legend™ from getting a goal against them. Vitinho Freitas struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Ciro Tróia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Planet Caravan. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teodoro de Senna to make the kick off. When Planet Caravan's Benjamim Jacinto in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Legend™'s goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodoro de Senna in the 58th minute of play forced Planet Caravan's goalkeeper Jonathan Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Benjamim Jacinto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciro Tróia was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. If Vitinho Freitas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 62 minutes into the game, Adriano da Mata was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Legend™'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Planet Caravan the free kick. In the 62nd minute, Adriano da Mata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Planet Caravan's João Francisco Furtado got a free kick in the 63rd minute. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Benjamim Jacinto put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ciro Tróia. Ciro Tróia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamim Jacinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute, Teodoro de Senna made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Teixeira. Planet Caravan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. João Francisco Furtado kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After 84 minutes of play, Legend™'s Pedro Paulo Miranda made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Teixeira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Maicon Matos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Teixeira having to interfere. In the 93rd match minute, Legend™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodoro de Senna to maneuver through the defense. Murillo de Almeida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Tróia having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Benjamim Jacinto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Planet Caravan's supporters rose to their feet, but Benjamim Jacinto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ciro Tróia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee ended the match the Planet Caravan players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.