U23 League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Júlio Varela kicked off to start the match. After 4 played minutes Inter Gala got a freekick which was hit by Percy Baptista. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sérgio Matos in the 9th minute of play forced RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cesinha Marquez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luís Eduardo Valle came out and tried to block the shot, but Cesinha Marquez slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. In the 21st match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Simões to maneuver through the defense. Percy Baptista took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 22nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yan Pirani. RÖK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Inter Gala's goal looked a bit too open when Júlio Varela came free, but Luís Eduardo Valle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Inter Gala's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilson Dionísio was slow to take the kick. During this time RÖK's players had a chance to rest. Gilson Dionísio made a great header on RÖK's corner, it was just that Inter Gala's Luís Eduardo Valle managed to reach the ball for a save. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Percy Baptista in the 39th minute of play. In the 40th minute Augusto Negri suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nilson Sarmento during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. RÖK made a substitution. Luís Paulo Vergílio replaced Augusto Negri. Nilson Sarmento hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Osvaldinho Baptista made the kick off in the second half. Inter Gala's Luís Eduardo Valle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júlio Varela in the 51st minute of play. Nilson Sarmento was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 56th minute. Inter Gala's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Luís Eduardo Valle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesinha Marquez, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agostinho Domingues in the 68th minute of the match. Luís Paulo Vergílio was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 75 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute, Luís Paulo Vergílio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute Hamílton Proença shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Eduardo Valle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sérgio Matos got free with Yan Pirani in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yan Pirani came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Inter Gala's Hélder Mendes. But to his dismay, Hélder Mendes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Inter Gala played a much better game than RÖK and deserved their victory. The RÖK players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.