U23 League

COLISEU
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Novaes kicked off to start the match. Sebastião Furtado hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Túlio Perez in the 9th minute of play. After 13 played minutes RÖK got a freekick which was hit by Adriano Fernandez. 13 minutes into the match, Sebastião Furtado notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of RÖK's Yan Pirani. Yan Pirani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Túlio Perez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, RÖK's Yan Pirani got control of the ball when Túlio Perez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rafinha Schmidt charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafinha Schmidt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rafinha Schmidt hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Sebastião Furtado managed to get in a good position for a shot. GLADIADORES's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastião Furtado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yan Pirani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eurico Arantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesinha Marquez in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Júlio Varela hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute Francisco Novaes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Arantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, RÖK's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Paulo da Silveira came free, but Yan Pirani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

GLADIADORES made a substitution. Valdir Sergipano replaced Zé Augusto Cruz. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sebastião Furtado made a kick off. If Sebastião Furtado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in RÖK's zone, Valdir Sergipano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yan Pirani came out of the goal and Valdir Sergipano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 57 minutes into the game, when Anísio Santana put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in RÖK fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 56th minute. Penalty! Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Túlio Perez in the 65th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Sebastião Furtado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yan Pirani was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Yan Pirani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frédson Bertassi, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Pedro Paulo da Silveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yan Pirani having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Furtado in the 75th minute of play forced RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Sebastião Furtado sped through RÖK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yan Pirani. Eurico Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesinha Marquez in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Túlio Perez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of GLADIADORES booed when RÖK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafinha Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. GLADIADORES's Cido Goiano was substituted for José Paulo Magalhães. Rafinha Schmidt kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. When Pedro Paulo da Silveira came up free with the goalie in the 98th minute, the GLADIADORES 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 Pedro Paulo da Silveira couldn't finish the play.