Friendly League

Colina Historica
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mariano Cortez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toninho Prestes, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute, Niceto Rocendo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mariano Cortez acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 7th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Toninho Prestes. Toninho Prestes hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After 11 minutes of play, Inter MIAMI's Artemio Rik made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Vidal was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpected shot in the 16th minute by Alessandro Vander got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nereo Artal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 23 minutes into the match, Inter MIAMI's goalkeeper Mariano Cortez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hortêncio Linares. Paolo Etxeberri hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antônio Nascimento during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Antônio Nascimento kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. If Artemio Rik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute Artemio Rik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Vidal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Vasco Mineiro FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Joel Furlan hit a great ball. Marcelo Vidal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benigno Montez in the 35th minute of play. Nereo Artal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Marcelo Vidal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mariano Cortez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toninho Prestes in the 41st minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Mariano Cortez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Toninho Prestes went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Mariano Cortez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toninho Prestes in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toninho Prestes in the 62nd minute of play forced Inter MIAMI's goalkeeper Mariano Cortez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Inter MIAMI defense, Hortêncio Linares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mariano Cortez. The Inter MIAMI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mariano Cortez should have stopped the shot. Mariano Cortez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Toninho Prestes's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. With a little luck, Vasco Mineiro FC's Marcelo Vidal got control of the ball when Artemio Rik tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toninho Prestes in the 80th minute of play forced Inter MIAMI's goalkeeper Mariano Cortez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vasco Mineiro FC's Toninho Prestes got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mariano Cortez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toninho Prestes in the 87th minute of the match. Mariano Cortez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toninho Prestes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariano Cortez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toninho Prestes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Vasco Mineiro FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Inter MIAMI had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.