U23 League

Estádio Tupi
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Osvaldinho Baptista made the kick off which started today's match. Percy Baptista's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luís Fernando Cavalcante read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 2nd minute of play. Agostinho Domingues took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Fernando Cavalcante. Luís Fernando Cavalcante dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. The audience was convinced that Gong Xiong Fan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Eduardo Valle was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 9th match minute, Inter Gala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Augusto Medeiros to maneuver through the defense. In the last second Luís Eduardo Valle throw himself and got hold of the ball when Conrado Qwinton in the 10thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Osvaldinho Baptista hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. The Inter Gala fans' excitement grew in the 12th match minute when Inter Gala's Osvaldinho Baptista 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 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience was convinced that Osvaldinho Baptista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Fernando Cavalcante was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Pindorama's Luís Fernando Cavalcante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agostinho Domingues in the 18th minute of play. Luís Fernando Cavalcante stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldinho Baptista's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Inter Gala's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Percy Baptista in the 22nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Percy Baptista got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luís Fernando Cavalcante quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Pindorama's Conrado Qwinton got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After 29 played minutes Pindorama got a freekick which was hit by Guilherme Duarte. Cafu Martins fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Eduardo Valle having to interfere. With a little luck, Inter Gala's Luís Eduardo Valle got control of the ball when Nelsinho Meira tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Michel de Brito fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pindorama's protests and gave Michel de Brito a yellow card for diving instead. In the 39th match minute, Pindorama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michel de Brito to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Osvaldinho Baptista put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Luís Fernando Cavalcante. If Osvaldinho Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nelsinho Meira made a kick off. After 52 played minutes Inter Gala got a freekick which was hit by Zézinho Severo. Luís Eduardo Valle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Qwinton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Pindorama defense, Osvaldinho Baptista kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Fernando Cavalcante. The Pindorama fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Fernando Cavalcante should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Osvaldinho Baptista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Fernando Cavalcante was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Genílson Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Osvaldinho Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Osvaldinho Baptista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Fernando Cavalcante was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Inter Gala made a substitution. Hélder Mendes replaced Agostinho Domingues. After 72 played minutes, Pindorama's Gong Xiong Fan shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luís Eduardo Valle 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 Pindorama reached it. In the 73rd minute, Conrado Qwinton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Osvaldinho Baptista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Fernando Cavalcante having to interfere. Conrado Qwinton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luís Fernando Cavalcante made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hélder Mendes in the 88th minute.