U23 League

Couto Pereira
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Thiago Machado kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Merusca F&P getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Nelsinho França hit a great ball. Fausto Romero's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Raúl Cabral skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 19th match minute, Coritiba Foot Ball Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Laguna to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deyver Sonn in the 24th minute of play forced Coritiba Foot Ball Club's goalkeeper Alvaro Rudolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes Coritiba Foot Ball Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gilberto Massa who took care of the corner kick. Fabinho Berger was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 27 minutes into the match, Coritiba Foot Ball Club's goal looked a bit too open when Deyver Sonn came free, but Alvaro Rudolfo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raúl Cabral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thiago Machado in the 31st minute. When Ubaldo Egoitz fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Coritiba Foot Ball Club's protests and gave Ubaldo Egoitz a yellow card for diving instead. Ubaldo Egoitz hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Deyver Sonn managed to get in a good position for a shot. Merusca F&P's supporters rose to their feet, but Deyver Sonn was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alvaro Rudolfo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 38 minutes into the match, Coritiba Foot Ball Club's goal looked a bit too open when Deyver Sonn came free, but Alvaro Rudolfo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Merusca F&P's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Romero came free, but Raúl Cabral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Deyver Sonn to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Reinaldo Aparecido threw the ball into play from the sideline. Coritiba Foot Ball Club's Ubaldo Egoitz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Raúl Cabral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Montenegro in the 58th minute of the match. Merusca F&P's Raúl Cabral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thiago Machado in the 60th minute of play. Merusca F&P made a substitution. Sérgio das Neves replaced Deyver Sonn. Merusca F&P's Álvaro Pernambucano was substituted for Silvinho Mangueira. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by Merusca F&P's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Garcia was slow to take the kick. During this time Coritiba Foot Ball Club's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper, Alvaro Rudolfo, was totally fooled by Merusca F&P's Sérgio das Neves, who 71 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Coritiba Foot Ball Club made a substitution. Marquez Padolles replaced Thiago Machado. 77 minutes into the match, Merusca F&P's goal looked a bit too open when Marquez Padolles came free, but Raúl Cabral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Fausto Romero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 85 played minutes Merusca F&P got a freekick which was hit by Zuriel Levinson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Montenegro in the 88th minute of play forced Merusca F&P's goalkeeper Raúl Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raúl Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evaristo Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 94 minutes into the match, Sérgio das Neves notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Coritiba Foot Ball Club's Alvaro Rudolfo. Alvaro Rudolfo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Merusca F&P's Raúl Cabral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Romero in the 96th minute of play. 97 minutes into the match, Merusca F&P's goal looked a bit too open when Evaristo Montenegro came free, but Raúl Cabral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 98thth minute of the game Evaristo Montenegro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Merusca F&P's Raúl Cabral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.