U23 League

Flora
Spectators: 142 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arthur Veloso took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Vito de Sena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisinho Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Flora getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Mané da Cunha hit a great ball. Luisinho Souza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vito de Sena went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Luisinho Souza came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by PEREBAH FC's Vito de Sena. But to his dismay, Vito de Sena quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Flora's Luisinho Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vito de Sena in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute of the match, João Braga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Amauri Proença saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Luisinho Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamim Freitas in the 26th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Flora's Amauri Proença threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from João Braga, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Flora's Marcus Marques got a free kick in the 29th minute. Luisinho Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cássio Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Luisinho Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thiago Godoi in the 33rd minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Cássio Amorim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisinho Souza. Flora's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cássio Amorim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 40th minute, João Braga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 41 minutes into the match, Flora's goal looked a bit too open when Thiago Godoi came free, but Luisinho Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diamantino Penha took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luisinho Souza. Luisinho Souza dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Vito de Sena made the kick off in the second half. Luisinho Souza made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Thiago Godoi sent off a good shot on target. In the 57th minute, Mané da Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luisinho Souza made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Vito de Sena sent off a good shot on target. Luisinho Souza was a little too slow when Benjamim Freitas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 0-5. 65 minutes into the game, PEREBAH FC's Diamantino Penha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luisinho Souza made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. A collision led to Flora getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Zé Rocha hit a great ball. With a little luck, Flora's Luisinho Souza got control of the ball when Thiago Godoi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as PEREBAH FC's Diamantino Penha slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luisinho Souza. That made the score 0-7 after 74 minutes of play. Luisinho Souza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benjamim Freitas in the 77th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diamantino Penha got free with Luisinho Souza in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thiago Godoi got free with Luisinho Souza in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 92 minutes into the match, Thiago Godoi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisinho Souza. Flora's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thiago Godoi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. PEREBAH FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.