U23 League

Camp Nou Stadium
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cesinha da Silveira made the kick off which started today's match. Eusébio Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joélson de Carvalho in the 5th minute of play. Jarbas Urbano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diguinho Ortiz in the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th match minute, FC BARCELONA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas Quintal to maneuver through the defense. Eusébio Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Quintal in the 18th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Diguinho Ortiz during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, Santo Amaro AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diguinho Ortiz to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC BARCELONA booed when Santo Amaro AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dorian de Lara didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Cesinha da Silveira fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Santo Amaro AC's protests and gave Cesinha da Silveira a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FC BARCELONA booed when Santo Amaro AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cesinha da Silveira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute Vito Soeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarbas Urbano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC BARCELONA's zone, Vito Soeiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarbas Urbano came out of the goal and Vito Soeiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 40th minute, Joélson de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vito Soeiro's late challenge caught a FC BARCELONA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vito Soeiro helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FC BARCELONA booed when Santo Amaro AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vito Soeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, FC BARCELONA's Nicolas Quintal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nicolas Quintal to strike the kick off in the second half. Eusébio Albuquerque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Quintal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 58 played minutes FC BARCELONA got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Quintal. Jarbas Urbano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vito Soeiro in the 60th minute. After having played for 62 minutes, Vito Soeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santo Amaro AC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vito Soeiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee gave FC BARCELONA a penalty, 65 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Válter Peixoto, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Santo Amaro AC's Eusébio Albuquerque. 2-0. Eusébio Albuquerque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Quintal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eusébio Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Quintal, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. 74 minutes into the game, FC BARCELONA's Nicolas Quintal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eusébio Albuquerque made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. In the 78th minute, Nicolas Quintal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC BARCELONA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Jarbas Urbano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vito Soeiro went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 97 minutes, Enrique Furlan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC BARCELONA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enrique Furlan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC BARCELONA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.