U23 League

Flora
Spectators: 142 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, Flora's Arthur Veloso dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. The supporters of Flora booed when Puei EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Betinho de Castro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute, Geraldo Barreto sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Puei EC's Filipe Leme didn't even have to move. Filipe Leme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Marques in the 10th minute. Marcus Marques could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Filipe Leme made a huge save. Filipe Leme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Marques's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Filipe Leme read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. Flora's Luisinho Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cássio Marques in the 25th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Filipe Leme successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Luisinho Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cláudio Passos in the 32nd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Cássio Marques cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Luisinho Souza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luisinho Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josué Gerber in the 42nd minute of the match. Filipe Leme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Marques in the 44th minute. Filipe Leme was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arthur Veloso showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 46 minute of play. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arthur Veloso made a kick off. Arthur Veloso took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Filipe Leme. Filipe Leme dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Lenílson Almeida lost his temper 61 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Puei EC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 61st minute. Penalty! In the 64th minute there was a penalty for Flora. Geraldo Barreto stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Filipe Leme. 5-2. In the 68th minute, Arthur Veloso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Flora fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-2. Filipe Leme came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Flora's Arthur Veloso. But to his dismay, Arthur Veloso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-2. Filipe Leme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arthur Veloso in the 74th minute of play. In the 79th minute Marcus Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filipe Leme saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filipe Leme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arthur Veloso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arthur Veloso scored 8-2 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Filipe Leme, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 93rd match minute, Flora was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Marques to maneuver through the defense. After 95 played minutes Puei EC got a freekick which was hit by Cláudio Passos.