U23 League

Ponta do Sol Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) After some careless play in the Murcia Promesas defense, Arthur Branco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aya Riells. The Murcia Promesas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aya Riells should have stopped the shot. In the 8th minute Raphael Turienzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jesualdo Maltez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jesualdo Maltez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carolo Cruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 12th minute, Arthur Branco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AD Pontassolense fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After a rather tough play, Murcia Promesas's Egoitz Santiago got a free kick in the 17th minute. Aya Riells made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guilherme Valério in the 20th minute. Aya Riells was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Álvaro Carvalho showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 23 minute of play. After 28 played minutes AD Pontassolense got a freekick which was hit by Arthur Branco. After a rather tough play, AD Pontassolense's Renato Alves got a free kick in the 36th minute. 38 minutes into the game, AD Pontassolense's Arthur Branco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aya Riells made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Bazil Gabas's late challenge caught a AD Pontassolense's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bazil Gabas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd match minute, Murcia Promesas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bazil Gabas to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the match, Guilherme Valério had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aya Riells. Murcia Promesas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guilherme Valério was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cheche Armada stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, AD Pontassolense's Arthur Branco made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aya Riells was left in no man's land by his defense there! Guilherme Valério sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Egoitz Santiago charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Egoitz Santiago the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 63 played minutes Murcia Promesas got a freekick which was hit by Egoitz Santiago. After 68 played minutes Murcia Promesas got a freekick which was hit by Raphael Turienzo. In the 70th minute of the match AD Pontassolense got a corner. Murcia Promesas's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nélson Bezerra ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 75 played minutes AD Pontassolense got a freekick which was hit by Renato Alves. 80 minutes into the game, AD Pontassolense's Herberto Meireles nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aya Riells made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. 83 minutes into the game, Arthur Branco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Aya Riells was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arthur Branco in the 87th minute of play forced Murcia Promesas's goalkeeper Aya Riells to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herberto Meireles's late challenge caught a Murcia Promesas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Herberto Meireles helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th minute Guilherme Valério shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aya Riells saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aya Riells showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arthur Branco in the 92nd minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, AD Pontassolense's Arthur Branco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aya Riells made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. AD Pontassolense's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.