U23 League

Zeus Everest Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ramiro James started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the match, April 25 SC's goal looked a bit too open when 狄夕远 came free, but Sergio Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Esquadrão Lusitano were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after April 25 SC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Valdo Passos took the corner. Valdo Passos made a great header on Esquadrão Lusitano's corner, it was just that April 25 SC's Sergio Romero managed to reach the ball for a save. Yavuzalp Eroğul could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Sergio Romero made a huge save. Ren Xi Chen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Damas having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Ian Loureiro threw the ball into play from the sideline. April 25 SC's Cristo Marques quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 25 minutes into the game, one of Esquadrão Lusitano:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 26th minute there was a penalty for April 25 SC. Antoni Augustyn stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Vítor Damas. 0-1. After 29 minutes of play, April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vítor Damas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vítor Damas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ren Xi Chen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ren Xi Chen in the 38th minute of play forced Esquadrão Lusitano's goalkeeper Vítor Damas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. April 25 SC's attentive Laureano Sevilla managed to snatch the ball when Ian Loureiro made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Vítor Damas came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by April 25 SC's Ramiro James. But to his dismay, Ramiro James quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. 46 minutes into the match, Ramiro James notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Esquadrão Lusitano's Vítor Damas. Vítor Damas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Ren Xi Chen put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Vítor Damas. April 25 SC made a substitution. Benito Marques replaced Ionel Zărnescu. Vítor Damas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ren Xi Chen in the 57th minute. Filippo De Angelis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergio Romero read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. After having played for 59 minutes, 狄夕远 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Esquadrão Lusitano's supporters crossed their fingers, but 狄夕远 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when István Antal got free with Vítor Damas in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, 狄夕远 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esquadrão Lusitano's supporters rose to their feet, but 狄夕远 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sergio Romero breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 65 minutes into the game, Ramiro James recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Vítor Damas. Ramiro James showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. Vítor Damas made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Ren Xi Chen sent off a good shot on target. April 25 SC's Michel Platini was substituted for Antoni Augustyn. Esquadrão Lusitano made a substitution. Vasco Cavaco replaced Cândido Mendonça. Esquadrão Lusitano's Rui Sá was substituted for 狄夕远. Vítor Damas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ren Xi Chen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 80 played minutes Esquadrão Lusitano got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Bouzas. Laureano Sevilla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Damas having to interfere. Ian Loureiro got a throw-in 84 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Filippo De Angelis. If Ren Xi Chen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ren Xi Chen got free with Vítor Damas in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Ren Xi Chen took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Vítor Damas to make any attempt to save it. Rui Sá hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Vítor Damas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ren Xi Chen went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. Ramiro James sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.