Friendly League

TELHÃO DO FOOTBALL
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Valério Vilaça made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Valério Vilaça in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dida Taffarel saved Marquês de Herval from getting behind. Bernardo Leiria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from German Cano in the 5th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Alfredo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Leiria was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After 8 played minutes SLB TELHA got a freekick which was hit by Giancarlo Furlan. If Valério Vilaça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Luís da Rocha made a great header on Marquês de Herval's corner, it was just that SLB TELHA's Bernardo Leiria managed to reach the ball for a save. Bernardo Leiria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from German Cano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute, Adão Maia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the SLB TELHA defense, German Cano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardo Leiria. The SLB TELHA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardo Leiria should have stopped the shot. After 35 minutes of play, Marquês de Herval's Alfredo Martins made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernardo Leiria was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to SLB TELHA getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Adão Maia hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valério Vilaça in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dida Taffarel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Valério Vilaça put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Dida Taffarel. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alfredo Martins stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Valério Vilaça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Taffarel. Marquês de Herval's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valério Vilaça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valério Vilaça in the 63rd minute of the match. Bernardo Leiria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Cano, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valério Vilaça in the 68th minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Valério Vilaça came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the SLB TELHA 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 Valério Vilaça couldn't finish the play. Marquês de Herval's Acácio Cunha was substituted for Valentin Vizitiu. In the 77th minute, Moussa Kabre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when Marquês de Herval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moussa Kabre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adão Maia succeeded in the game's 78th minute to get real power on a long shot . Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 3-2! After a rather tough play, Marquês de Herval's German Cano got a free kick in the 80th minute. After a rather tough play, SLB TELHA's Tiago Rebocho got a free kick in the 82nd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Ribas came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the game, Gaston Gonzalez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Bernardo Leiria was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 93 minutes into the game, Gao Xiang Guang was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Marquês de Herval's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SLB TELHA the free kick.