Friendly League

PLAYSTATION BOWL
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. Amável Almeida started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Paixão in the 3rd minute of play forced WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Jake Leonard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Abrahamsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Nilsson in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Fred Nilsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The WINNING ELEVEN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Marcus Abrahamsson was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Fred Nilsson capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fred Nilsson really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Nilsson in the 16th minute of play forced SuperBola.com's goalkeeper Marcus Abrahamsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes of play, SuperBola.com's Amável Almeida made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jake Leonard was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Jake Leonard, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jake Leonard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amável Almeida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Fred Nilsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Abrahamsson was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. WINNING ELEVEN's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Julio Tano in the 39th minute. Fred Nilsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Marcus Abrahamsson made a huge save. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Julio Tano got a free kick in the 44th minute. Jake Leonard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Paixão in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Fred Nilsson notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of SuperBola.com's Marcus Abrahamsson. Marcus Abrahamsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Jake Leonard made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Amável Almeida sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, WINNING ELEVEN's Jake Leonard got control of the ball when Przemyslaw Furgal tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 56 minutes, Ringo Howard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. WINNING ELEVEN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ringo Howard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Raul Noronha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 58 played minutes WINNING ELEVEN got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Ostadar. The long shot by Jorge Paixão in the 59th minute really tested Jake Leonard's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 61st minute, Fred Nilsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcus Abrahamsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. 64 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Jake Leonard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Amável Almeida. Marcus Abrahamsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Nilsson in the 65th minute of play. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind SuperBola.com's goalkeeper Marcus Abrahamsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the SuperBola.com defense, Fred Nilsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcus Abrahamsson. The SuperBola.com fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcus Abrahamsson should have stopped the shot. SuperBola.com made a substitution. Alexandre Poças replaced Jorge Paixão. Fred Nilsson scored 6-1 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcus Abrahamsson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. WINNING ELEVEN made a substitution. Neron Veterini replaced Fred Nilsson. Marcus Abrahamsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neron Veterini in the 84th minute of the match. After having played for 87 minutes, Neron Veterini managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. WINNING ELEVEN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Neron Veterini was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ringo Howard kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Jake Leonard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Amável Almeida. For all the effort they put into the match, the SuperBola.com players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for WINNING ELEVEN.