Friendly League

Arena Julio Verne
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aníbal Brasil kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goal looked a bit too open when Aníbal Brasil came free, but Anselmo Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anselmo Branco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aníbal Brasil's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, Nautilus's Luis-Enrique Rosa got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute, Shi Ke Shu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Magne Allbom was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Shi Ke Shu got free with Magne Allbom in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anselmo Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yu Yang Bing, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Ronaldo Correia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Magne Allbom made a huge save. In the 24th minute THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ were awarded a corner. Albert Siang went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Yu Yang Bing managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The audience was convinced that Luis-Enrique Rosa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Magne Allbom was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 31 minutes of play, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Aníbal Brasil made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anselmo Branco was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Yu Yang Bing came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ 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 Yu Yang Bing couldn't finish the play. 41 minutes into the game, Nautilus's Ronaldo Correia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Magne Allbom made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aníbal Brasil in the 45th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Anselmo Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goal looked a bit too open when Aníbal Brasil came free, but Anselmo Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Anselmo Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Yang Bing in the 55th minute of play. After 56 minutes Nautilus's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Albert Siang who took care of the corner kick. Magne Allbom showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Correia in the 61st minute of the match. Magne Allbom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ke Shu in the 63rd minute of play. THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's Magne Allbom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis-Enrique Rosa in the 65th minute of play. Magne Allbom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viorel Pintilie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yu Yang Bing hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 73 minutes in the game, Aníbal Brasil dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Nunez Ler kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wesley Popken was slow to take the kick. During this time Nautilus's players had a chance to rest. Magne Allbom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Schroons, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Anselmo Branco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aníbal Brasil in the 89th minute. When Ronaldo Correia came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Nautilus 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 Ronaldo Correia couldn't finish the play. Nunez Ler's late challenge caught a Nautilus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nunez Ler helped the player get up and apologised. In the 92nd match minute, THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nunez Ler to maneuver through the defense. When Yu Yang Bing fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored THE FLALIRA FAMILY MZ's protests and gave Yu Yang Bing a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Yu Yang Bing hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nautilus's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.