U23 League

João Marcatto
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Brito in the 5th minute of play forced G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goalkeeper Humberto Mangueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Humberto Mangueira came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Clube Atletico Alagoano's Luiz Guilherme Neves. But to his dismay, Luiz Guilherme Neves quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Humberto Mangueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Brito in the 12th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Luiz Guilherme Neves left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Clube Atletico Alagoano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 23 minutes, Luiz Guilherme Neves mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clube Atletico Alagoano and the G.E. Juventus FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Clube Atletico Alagoano got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Guilherme Neves. If Guerau Codosal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Humberto Mangueira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luiz Guilherme Neves went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 34 minutes into the game, Luiz Guilherme Neves cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Humberto Mangueira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 37 minutes into the match, Luiz Guilherme Neves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Humberto Mangueira. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luiz Guilherme Neves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Guerau Codosal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Luís Brito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Brito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Humberto Mangueira having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luciano Salgado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Clube Atletico Alagoano's Valdomiro Marques quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Arthur de Toledo, made in the 52nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Renan Vides's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Humberto Mangueira was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Clube Atletico Alagoano's goalkeeper Afonsinho Nunes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gil Sarmento's late challenge caught a G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gil Sarmento helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Clube Atletico Alagoano's Gil Sarmento got a free kick in the 57th minute. Arthur de Toledo made in the 62nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ulisses Melo. Tostão Coelho hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Humberto Mangueira successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Luiz Guilherme Neves was extremely unlucky when he, in the 67th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Luiz Guilherme Neves took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Humberto Mangueira to make any attempt to save it. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Humberto Mangueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Guilherme Neves in the 75th minute of play. Humberto Mangueira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Neves in the 81st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Luiz Guilherme Neves kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Humberto Mangueira. That made the score 0-7 in the 82 minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Guilherme Neves came free, but Humberto Mangueira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Léo Donato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Clube Atletico Alagoano played a much better game than G.E. Juventus FSCMZ and deserved their victory. The G.E. Juventus FSCMZ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.