Friendly League

Eighty-Three
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Didi Couto started the match with the kick off. Michael Götze kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ren Jie Fan in the 3rd minute of play forced PoWer SC 2K5's goalkeeper Ovidio Ritchie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ovidio Ritchie came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan. But to his dismay, Ren Jie Fan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Michael Götze hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Ovidio Ritchie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ren Jie Fan in the 9th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ovidio Ritchie narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rômulo Veiga in the 15th minute of play forced PoWer SC 2K5's goalkeeper Ovidio Ritchie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ren Jie Fan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ovidio Ritchie read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Ren Jie Fan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 29th minute, Max Babbel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Billy Backman was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 31st minute. GeRaÇãO-83's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Ovidio Ritchie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Jie Fan in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ren Jie Fan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidio Ritchie was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabian Magath stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes PoWer SC 2K5 got a freekick which was hit by Killian Fischer. 53 minutes into the match, PoWer SC 2K5's goal looked a bit too open when Ren Jie Fan came free, but Ovidio Ritchie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute, Billy Backman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidio Ritchie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi Couto in the 58th minute of the match. In the 60th minute of the match, Billy Backman sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Ovidio Ritchie showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind PoWer SC 2K5's goalkeeper Ovidio Ritchie, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Ren Jie Fan sped through PoWer SC 2K5's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ovidio Ritchie. GeRaÇãO-83's Carl Ancelotti was substituted for Didi Couto. A collision led to GeRaÇãO-83 getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Paulinho Ralf hit a great ball. Ovidio Ritchie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Jie Fan in the 75th minute of the match. In the 77thth minute of the game Ren Jie Fan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PoWer SC 2K5's Ovidio Ritchie was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. GeRaÇãO-83's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Billy Backman in the 80th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of PoWer SC 2K5's goalie and right to Ren Jie Fan. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. PoWer SC 2K5's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Ovidio Ritchie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Ancelotti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in PoWer SC 2K5's zone, Carl Ancelotti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ovidio Ritchie came out of the goal and Carl Ancelotti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 90th minute, Carl Ancelotti made a precise shot to the right of Ovidio Ritchie. PoWer SC 2K5's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Ovidio Ritchie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ren Jie Fan in the 96th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans cheered their team off the field, for while PoWer SC 2K5 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.