U23 League

Maracanã
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tiãozão Machado started the match with the kick off. Pedro Luiz Teles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Baltazar de Amorim made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Aquiles Leonidas put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Baltazar de Amorim. After some careless play in the Gracie Barra defense, Carlos Rezende kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Baltazar de Amorim. The Gracie Barra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Baltazar de Amorim should have stopped the shot. Baltazar de Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aquiles Leonidas in the 22nd minute of play. Oséias Aguiar kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. In the 29th minute of the match Aquiles Leonidas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Baltazar de Amorim skillfully saved the ball. Luís Fábio Silveira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Xavier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Baltazar de Amorim was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Pedro Luiz Teles showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 34 minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Baltazar de Amorim had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pedro Luiz Teles. In the 39th minute, Tiãozão Machado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Fábio Silveira was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 47th minute, Flamengo FSCMZ's Carlos Rezende dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Luiz Teles to make the kick off. Aquiles Leonidas took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Baltazar de Amorim. Baltazar de Amorim dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. When Tiago Godoi fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gracie Barra's protests and gave Tiago Godoi a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Gracie Barra's Tiago Godoi got a free kick in the 56th minute. Luís Fábio Silveira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tiãozão Machado in the 68th minute. After some careless play in the Gracie Barra defense, Aquiles Leonidas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Baltazar de Amorim. The Gracie Barra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Baltazar de Amorim should have stopped the shot. In the 76th minute, Aquiles Leonidas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Flamengo FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-1. Baltazar de Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Luiz Teles in the 80th minute of play. Luís Fábio Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Queirós in the 81st minute of the match. Carlos Augusto Queiroz kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Tiago Godoi made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Flamengo FSCMZ's Eriberto Schmidt. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Aquiles Leonidas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flamengo FSCMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Aquiles Leonidas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baltazar de Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. There was no doubt that Flamengo FSCMZ were the better team. Flamengo FSCMZ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.