U23 League

Arena Luís
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Teodoro de Senna started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ciro Tróia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Ferreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Richard Ferreira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciro Tróia was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 11th minute of the match, Teodoro de Senna tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gil de Medeiros saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 13 minutes, Paulo Zonta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Legend™ and the Nautilus players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Legend™'s Paulo Zonta got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 20th minute, Teodoro de Senna got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 23rd minute, Teodoro de Senna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciro Tróia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Maicon Matos took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gil de Medeiros to make any attempt to save it. After a defensive mix-up in Nautilus's zone, Teodoro de Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gil de Medeiros came out of the goal and Teodoro de Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Legend™'s Maicon Matos got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 45 minutes, Pedro Paulo Miranda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Legend™ and the Nautilus players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pedro Paulo Miranda hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Richard Ferreira was the one to do the kick off. Pedro Paulo Miranda got his second yellow card in the match during the 54th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 54th match minute, Legend™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Paulo Miranda to maneuver through the defense. Ciro Tróia was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Tarcisio Favoretto. If Paulo Zonta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ciro Tróia made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Richard Ferreira sent off a good shot on target. In the 65th minute Maicon Matos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gil de Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mário Passos kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. After having played for 72 minutes, Richard Ferreira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nautilus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Richard Ferreira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Teodoro de Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gil de Medeiros having to interfere. A hard shot 79 in the game by Richard Ferreira from a close distance when the talented Ciro Tróia managed to make a qualified save. Legend™'s players were relieved. Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maicon Matos in the 84th minute of play. Legend™'s Ciro Tróia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Legend™ from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Legend™'s Ciro Tróia got control of the ball when Richard Ferreira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Legend™'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.