U23 League

Estádio São Januário
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Manuel Dias took the kick off in the first half of the match. Régis Moreira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hamílton Proença, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emílio Albuquerque made an important save on a dangerous shot by Amadeu Maciel in the 7th minute. Vasco da Gama Clube's Régis Moreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamílton Proença in the 22nd minute of play. Régis Moreira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jardel de Amaral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Cesinha Marquez notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Vasco da Gama Clube's Régis Moreira. Régis Moreira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 30 minutes of play, RÖK's Hamílton Proença made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Régis Moreira was left in no man's land by his defense there! 39 minutes into the match, Vasco da Gama Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Jardel de Amaral came free, but Régis Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Régis Moreira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel de Amaral in the 42nd minute of play. Maurinho Trancoso hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Amadeu Maciel struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Emílio Albuquerque didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vasco da Gama Clube.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jardel de Amaral was the one to do the kick off. A nice corner shot did that Fiori Rocha got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Emílio Albuquerque quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Vasco da Gama Clube's Régis Moreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cesinha Marquez in the 55th minute of play. Jardel de Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Régis Moreira having to interfere. Régis Moreira came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by RÖK's Jardel de Amaral. But to his dismay, Jardel de Amaral quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Jardel de Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot. RÖK's supporters rose to their feet, but Jardel de Amaral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Régis Moreira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fiori Rocha's late challenge caught a RÖK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fiori Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. After 69 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Vasco da Gama Clube! The goalkeeper, Régis Moreira, was totally fooled by RÖK's Rafinha Schmidt, who 71 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Emílio Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Dias in the 75th minute of play. Régis Moreira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamílton Proença in the 79th minute of play. Amadeu Maciel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Emílio Albuquerque tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emílio Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amadeu Maciel in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Gino de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gino de Andrade kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. If Jardel de Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Amadeu Maciel came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Vasco da Gama Clube 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 Amadeu Maciel couldn't finish the play.