U23 League

Estádio Bateia
Spectators: 142 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 0) New Miran FC's Lúcio Leal started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes Bateia SC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jedaiah Tavares who took care of the corner kick. Jedaiah Tavares made a great header on New Miran FC's corner, it was just that Bateia SC's Júlio da Fonseca managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lúcio Leal in the 6th minute of play forced Bateia SC's goalkeeper Júlio da Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Júlio da Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lúcio Leal in the 8th minute of play. 12 minutes into the game, New Miran FC's José Carlos Travassos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Júlio da Fonseca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 15 minutes into the match, José Carlos Travassos notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Bateia SC's Júlio da Fonseca. Júlio da Fonseca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Júlio da Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reynaldo Leal in the 18th minute of play. Júlio da Fonseca didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Carlos Travassos went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 23rd minute, Lúcio Leal made a precise shot to the right of Júlio da Fonseca. Bateia SC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. 27 minutes into the game, José Carlos Travassos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Júlio da Fonseca was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Leal in the 30th minute of play forced Bateia SC's goalkeeper Júlio da Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute, Hermínio Damião made a precise shot to the right of Júlio da Fonseca. Bateia SC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Júlio da Fonseca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Carlos Travassos in the 39th minute of the match. After 41 minutes, Ronaldo de Barros made it 0-7 with a short kick to the right side. Bateia SC's Júlio da Fonseca tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Bateia SC defense, José Carlos Travassos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Júlio da Fonseca. The Bateia SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Júlio da Fonseca should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-8 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The crowd rose to their feet as New Miran FC's José Carlos Travassos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Júlio da Fonseca. That made the score 0-9 after 55 minutes of play. After 61 played minutes José Carlos Travassos rounded Bateia SC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-10. Bateia SC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Reynaldo Leal scored to the left of an out of position Júlio da Fonseca, making the score, 0-11. The crowd rose to their feet as José Carlos Travassos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Júlio da Fonseca. That made the score 0-12 in the 68 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as José Carlos Travassos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Júlio da Fonseca. That made the score 0-13 in the 72 minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Bateia SC's goal looked a bit too open when Reynaldo Leal came free, but Júlio da Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, José Carlos Travassos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Júlio da Fonseca. Bateia SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that José Carlos Travassos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-14. Artur Madureira's late challenge caught a New Miran FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artur Madureira helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th match minute, Bateia SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Madureira to maneuver through the defense. Júlio da Fonseca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reynaldo Leal in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lúcio Leal in the 93rd minute of play forced Bateia SC's goalkeeper Júlio da Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Júlio da Fonseca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo de Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. New Miran FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.