Friendly League

Arena Resenha
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Deilmison Robben started the match with the kick off. When Gracie Barra's Augusto Saldanha in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalie prevented a goal. Luizão Diniz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Augusto Saldanha's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. A throw-in in the 7th minute of the game was made by 于诚岩 with Deilmison Kubala as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 11 minutes of play, Gracie Barra's Augusto Saldanha made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luizão Diniz was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Gracie Barra booed when ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rubens Tasso didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Gracie Barra's Augusto Saldanha in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalie prevented a goal. 24 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goal looked a bit too open when Deilmison Robben came free, but Falcão Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Augusto Saldanha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luizão Diniz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Saldanha, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute Augusto Saldanha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luizão Diniz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Saldanha in the 31st minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Luizão Diniz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Deilmison Robben slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Falcão Cunha. That made the score 1-1 after 33 minutes of play. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 36th minute, but Falcão Cunha got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Gracie Barra hanging dry this time. In the 37th minute of the match ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ got a corner. Gracie Barra's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ronaldo Veiga ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Pedro Velloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luizão Diniz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Saldanha in the 44th minute of play. 46 minutes in the game Rubens Tasso did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Deilmison Kubala. Luizão Diniz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Saldanha in the 48th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Augusto Saldanha made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Augusto Saldanha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Luizão Diniz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 57th minute, Rubens Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 61 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goal looked a bit too open when Augusto Saldanha came free, but Luizão Diniz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 played minutes ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ got a freekick which was hit by Rubens Tasso. Gracie Barra's Snorri De Hond was substituted for Augusto Saldanha. Gracie Barra made a substitution. Hugo de Queirós replaced Jamey Hankins. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Rubens Tasso got a free kick in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deilmison Robben in the 68th minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Snorri De Hond in the 70th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Luizão Diniz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luizão Diniz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Snorri De Hond, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Luizão Diniz made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Snorri De Hond sent off a good shot on target. 81 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Luizão Diniz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Snorri De Hond. In the 82nd minute, Durval Tinoco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luizão Diniz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Snorri De Hond in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute of the match Gracie Barra got a corner. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rubens Rezende ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Rubens Rezende almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Luizão Diniz did a great save. Nilton Botelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Luizão Diniz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luizão Diniz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Snorri De Hond in the 88th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Snorri De Hond in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luizão Diniz saved ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ from getting behind. Snorri De Hond recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gracie Barra's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.