U23 League

Stadium Nilt0n Sant0
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marco de Sousa in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Andrézinho Porto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 4 minutes, André Luís Veiga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF and the Zemantauskas FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. André Luís Veiga hit a great ball. After 9 minutes of play, Zemantauskas FC's Dé Siqueira made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrézinho Porto was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Guga Sá had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 17 minutes into the match, Marco de Sousa notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF's Andrézinho Porto. Andrézinho Porto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Zemantauskas FC booed when BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Remo Teixeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Dé Siqueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Remo Teixeira charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Remo Teixeira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Remo Teixeira hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. When Dé Siqueira came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Zemantauskas FC 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 Dé Siqueira couldn't finish the play. Dé Siqueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zemantauskas FC's Carlos Augusto Arósio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Zemantauskas FC from getting a goal against them. In the 35thth minute of the game Marco de Sousa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF's Andrézinho Porto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 36th minute Dé Siqueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrézinho Porto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andrézinho Porto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dé Siqueira went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF's Andrézinho Porto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dé Siqueira in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The wind increased when Marco de Sousa made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF's Silas Leal got a free kick in the 51st minute. When Marco de Sousa came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Zemantauskas FC 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 Marco de Sousa couldn't finish the play. If Guga Sá had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco de Sousa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 64 minutes, Dé Siqueira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zemantauskas FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dé Siqueira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Andrézinho Porto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dé Siqueira in the 66th minute of the match. Marco de Sousa hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Andrézinho Porto successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Guga Sá had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco de Sousa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Andrézinho Porto skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF's goalkeeper Andrézinho Porto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zemantauskas FC were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. William Cavalcante took the corner. The corner led Zemantauskas FC's William Cavalcante to fire away a dangerous shot which Andrézinho Porto despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zemantauskas FC's Marco de Sousa got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Luís Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrézinho Porto having to interfere. Zemantauskas FC played a much better game than BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF and deserved their victory. The BOTAFOGOJF-FDFDF players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.