Friendly League

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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Igor de Amorim took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the Estrela Solitária defense, Agnaldo Vargas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silas Bastos. The Estrela Solitária fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silas Bastos should have stopped the shot. In the 8th match minute, Estrela Solitária was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júnior Couto to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Estrela Solitária's goalkeeper Silas Bastos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Nova Iguaçu MZFC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Jailson de Carvalho hit a great ball. If Betinho de Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Betinho de Almeida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lauro Varela having to interfere. Silas Bastos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Renato Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Álvaro Neiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silas Bastos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Cerezo, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Gilmar Donato lost his temper 32 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Nova Iguaçu MZFC made a substitution. Deivid Queirós replaced Jailson de Carvalho. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 31st minute of the game. One of Nova Iguaçu MZFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Estrela Solitária:s goal. The supporters of Nova Iguaçu MZFC booed when Estrela Solitária was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júnior Couto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Silas Bastos had great luck who in the 38thth minute grab hold of the ball when Agnaldo Vargas from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 40th minute, Agnaldo Vargas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nova Iguaçu MZFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Silas Bastos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agnaldo Vargas in the 42nd minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Agnaldo Vargas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Betinho de Almeida's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lauro Varela firmly grabbed it by the left post. Estrela Solitária's Silas Bastos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agnaldo Vargas in the 53rd minute of play. After 55 minutes, Diego Cerezo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nova Iguaçu MZFC and the Estrela Solitária players grew even worse after the yellow card. Diego Cerezo hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute of the match, Betinho de Almeida tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lauro Varela saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Silas Bastos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agnaldo Vargas, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Silas Bastos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Batista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Silas Bastos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agnaldo Vargas in the 70th minute of the match. Estrela Solitária's Silas Bastos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caetano Pires in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the game, Júnior Couto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Estrela Solitária's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nova Iguaçu MZFC the free kick. Júnior Couto kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. 75 minutes in the game, Agnaldo Vargas 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agnaldo Vargas in the 80th minute of play forced Estrela Solitária's goalkeeper Silas Bastos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 81 minutes, Deivid Queirós mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nova Iguaçu MZFC and the Estrela Solitária players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 81st match minute, Nova Iguaçu MZFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deivid Queirós to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Agnaldo Vargas fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. For all the effort they put into the match, the Estrela Solitária players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Nova Iguaçu MZFC.