Friendly League

PWR UP Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Barry Mans got the match started through his kick off. Pascal Finke stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wilfredo Cefero's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Galo do Japi's Nuno Tavares quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Siegmund Schenk, made in the 8th minute of the game. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Galo do Japi's goalkeeper Ronaldo Giovanelli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Maxim Heupel made a great header on Hamburg City Vampires's corner, it was just that Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Giovanelli managed to reach the ball for a save. Hamburg City Vampires's Marcus Albers got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hamburg City Vampires's Emin Peraica managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Guilherme Penha in the 14 minute of the game. Ivica Lufen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronaldo Giovanelli having to interfere. Ronaldo Giovanelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Albers in the 18th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Barry Mans got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pascal Finke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Valadares, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Ronaldo Giovanelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barry Mans in the 30th minute of the match. Hamburg City Vampires were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Galo do Japi's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Maxim Heupel took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Galo do Japi's goalie and right to Ivica Lufen. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Galo do Japi's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Ivica Lufen's late challenge caught a Galo do Japi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivica Lufen helped the player get up and apologised. In the 34th minute Chico Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascal Finke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chico Valadares in the 35th minute of play forced Hamburg City Vampires's goalkeeper Pascal Finke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Giovanelli got control of the ball when Marcus Albers tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Falcão Duarte in the 38th minute of play forced Hamburg City Vampires's goalkeeper Pascal Finke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Giovanelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Galo do Japi from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Galo do Japi booed when Hamburg City Vampires was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Siegmund Schenk didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, Chico Valadares made a precise shot to the right of Pascal Finke. Hamburg City Vampires's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Wilfredo Cefero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Siegmund Schenk made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Galo do Japi's Dagoberto Tande. Galo do Japi's Dagoberto Tande managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Siegmund Schenk in the 53 minute of the game. If Chico Valadares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Galo do Japi's Nuno Tavares managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Siegmund Schenk in the 57 minute of the game. Siegmund Schenk made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Galo do Japi's Aldair Santos. Pascal Finke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 63rd minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Galo do Japi's goal looked a bit too open when Barry Mans came free, but Ronaldo Giovanelli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Hamburg City Vampires's goalkeeper Pascal Finke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wilfredo Cefero. The supporters of Galo do Japi booed when Hamburg City Vampires was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivica Lufen didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Wilfredo Cefero fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Galo do Japi's protests and gave Wilfredo Cefero a yellow card for diving instead. Wilfredo Cefero kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the game, Xerxes Ziebart was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hamburg City Vampires's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Galo do Japi the free kick. In the 79th match minute, Hamburg City Vampires was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xerxes Ziebart to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 81 minutes, Aldair Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Galo do Japi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aldair Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Hamburg City Vampires's Pascal Finke got control of the ball when Wilfredo Cefero tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 84th minute, Galo do Japi's Chico Valadares ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pascal Finke. Pascal Finke yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Chico Valadares took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pascal Finke. Pascal Finke dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After 93 minutes of play, Hamburg City Vampires's Maxim Heupel made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldo Giovanelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Galo do Japi eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.