U18 League

Estádio GOIANAO
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Simão Ortiz started the match with the kick off. Noel de Lima charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Noel de Lima the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maicon Coelho during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ELO CRF getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Maicon Coelho hit a great ball. Noel de Lima hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Simão Ortiz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilson de Alcântara having to interfere. If Simão Ortiz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gilson de Alcântara was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Simão Ortiz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Simão Ortiz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. 26 minutes into the match, Chinho FC's goalkeeper Gilson de Alcântara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maicon Coelho. In the 29th minute, Nicolas Romero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Geovânio Veloso was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Gilson Pernambucano charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gilson Pernambucano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 43 played minutes ELO CRF got a freekick which was hit by Gilson Pernambucano. When Chinho FC's Nicolas Romero in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ELO CRF's goalie prevented a goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicolas Romero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Geovânio Veloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lenílson Munhoz, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Nicolas Romero's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Geovânio Veloso skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Magno Nóbrega kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Nicolas Romero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chinho FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. In the 72nd minute of the match, Lenílson Munhoz tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Geovânio Veloso saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 78 played minutes ELO CRF got a freekick which was hit by Gilson Pernambucano. Nicolas Romero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Geovânio Veloso made a huge save. ELO CRF's Geovânio Veloso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save ELO CRF from getting a goal against them. ELO CRF's Geovânio Veloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lenílson Munhoz in the 89th minute of play. When Maicon Coelho was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 90 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, ELO CRF's Maicon Coelho got a free kick in the 91st minute. After 94 minutes of play ELO CRF's Gilson Pernambucano was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Lenílson Munhoz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The ELO CRF supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Chinho FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Chinho FC.