U21 League

Arena Votorantim
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Raimundo Valle made the kick off which started today's match. Patrick Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Gaúcho in the 3rd minute of play. Almir Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruninho Rodrigues in the 5th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naldo Saldanha in the 6th minute of play forced Dragões de Campo Grande's goalkeeper Patrick Machado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Almir Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruninho Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. When Bruninho Rodrigues came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Dragões de Campo Grande fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bruninho Rodrigues couldn't finish the play. Márcio Munhoz kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Raimundo Valle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Almir Miranda having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fred Luz got free with Patrick Machado in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arlindo Macedo in the 27th minute of play forced Mitnarotov FC's goalkeeper Almir Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dragões de Campo Grande's Raimundo Valle got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arlindo Macedo in the 31st minute of play forced Mitnarotov FC's goalkeeper Almir Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Márcio Munhoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Mitnarotov FC's zone, Léo Donatello stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Almir Miranda came out of the goal and Léo Donatello tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Almir Miranda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Raimundo Valle's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Charles Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 44 minutes into the match, Mitnarotov FC's goal looked a bit too open when Charles Fonseca came free, but Almir Miranda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Conrado Gaúcho made the kick off in the second half. The referee felt a red card was in order, 55 minutes into the game, when Carlos Alberto Paulista put in a rough tackle. After a rather tough play, Dragões de Campo Grande's Carlos Alberto Paulista got a free kick in the 56th minute. The supporters of Dragões de Campo Grande booed when Mitnarotov FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Gaúcho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlos Fernando Pinheiro kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Mitnarotov FC's Almir Miranda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Mitnarotov FC from getting a goal against them. Patrick Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naldo Saldanha in the 67th minute of play. Naldo Saldanha charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Naldo Saldanha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 71 played minutes Mitnarotov FC got a freekick which was hit by Naldo Saldanha. If Raimundo Valle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Patrick Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Gaúcho in the 77th minute of play. Almir Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raimundo Valle, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Almir Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raimundo Valle, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Patrick Machado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Márcio Munhoz went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Patrick Machado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conrado Gaúcho, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Mitnarotov FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.