U23 League

ADIDAS Stadium
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Nivaldo Pessoa made the kick off and thus started the match. Igor Sainz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gonçalo Neiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Igor Sainz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gonçalo Neiva went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 14th minute, Aureo Bajo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute of the match, Aureo Bajo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Abílio Gois was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 18th minute, Nivaldo Pessoa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SLB TELHA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 25 minutes into the game, Gonçalo Neiva cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Igor Sainz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dinamita on Grass's Igor Sainz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Neiva in the 28th minute of play. Igor Sainz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nivaldo Pessoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauro Bettencourt's late challenge caught a Dinamita on Grass's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mauro Bettencourt helped the player get up and apologised. After 36 played minutes SLB TELHA got a freekick which was hit by Mauro Bettencourt. Igor Sainz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flávio Esparteiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Igor Sainz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nivaldo Pessoa in the 40th minute of the match. Nuno Barroso charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nuno Barroso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when Dinamita on Grass was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Barroso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dinamita on Grass's Igor Sainz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nivaldo Pessoa in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aureo Bajo made a kick off. Igor Sainz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nivaldo Pessoa in the 53rd minute of play. In the 53rd minute Nivaldo Pessoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Sainz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aristides Espírito Santo had several of the Dinamita on Grass's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 55 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Igor Sainz as he didn't even see the shot coming. Abílio Gois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Barroso in the 59th minute of the match. After 65 played minutes SLB TELHA got a freekick which was hit by Ronaldo Baião. In the 66th minute of the match Conrado Odín sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abílio Gois skillfully saved the ball. Aristides Espírito Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nivaldo Pessoa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Igor Sainz came out and tried to block the shot, but Nivaldo Pessoa slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 75th minute. Igor Sainz was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Gonçalo Neiva capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gonçalo Neiva really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. SLB TELHA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.