U23 League

Ararigbóia
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedro Paulo Cruz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Anderson Teles's late challenge caught a Bateia SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anderson Teles helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 played minutes Jardim Botânico got a freekick which was hit by Anderson Teles. In the 10th minute, Márcio Cruz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ademar Leme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Léo Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After 13 played minutes Jardim Botânico got a freekick which was hit by Gonçalo Valle. After 21 minutes, Emílio Sanches mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jardim Botânico and the Bateia SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Vladimir Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Serginho Hoffmann let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 29th minute shot 3-0 at rihgt post. Vladimir Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bateia SC's Júlio da Fonseca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Bateia SC from getting a goal against them. Ademar Leme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Léo Palmeira in the 38th minute of the match. 46 minutes into the match, Pedro Paulo Cruz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Júlio da Fonseca, 4-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Léo Palmeira made a kick off. Júlio da Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Paulo Cruz in the 56th minute of play. Júlio da Fonseca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Júlio da Fonseca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serginho Hoffmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. When the match clock showed 64 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Pedro Paulo Cruz sped through Bateia SC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Júlio da Fonseca. If Pedro Paulo Cruz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Júlio da Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Paulo Cruz in the 77th minute of play. When Ernani Dracena fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jardim Botânico's protests and gave Ernani Dracena a yellow card for diving instead. In the 86th minute Zé Paulo Furtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ademar Leme saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Jardim Botânico's Ademar Leme got control of the ball when Léo Palmeira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ademar Leme was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Léo Palmeira capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Léo Palmeira really showed his touch with that goal: 5-2. A collision led to Bateia SC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Genílson Valladares hit a great ball. When Adriano Araújo fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bateia SC's protests and gave Adriano Araújo a yellow card for diving instead. Adriano Araújo hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Pedro Paulo Cruz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Jardim Botânico fully deserved thier win.