Friendly League

Monumental de Nuñez
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Carlos Alberto Soares made the kick off and thus started the match. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Alberto Soares in the 4th minute of the match. In the 7th minute Carlos Alberto Soares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C.A.River Plate's Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Alberto Soares in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Alberto Soares in the 16th minute of play forced C.A.River Plate's goalkeeper Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, C.A.River Plate's Talha Özakan got a free kick in the 17th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jaime França during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of C.A.River Plate booed when Catugi FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime França didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Carlos Alberto Soares put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein. Talha Özakan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Paulo Gaizkine tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evaristo de Souza in the 31st minute of play. Paulo Gaizkine showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sun Shi Xi in the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Catugi FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yayat Sutikno was slow to take the kick. During this time C.A.River Plate's players had a chance to rest. Yayat Sutikno made a great header on C.A.River Plate's corner, it was just that Catugi FC's Paulo Gaizkine managed to reach the ball for a save. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walmir Pombal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlos Alberto Soares in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein saved C.A.River Plate from getting behind. 39 minutes into the match, Carlos Alberto Soares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein. C.A.River Plate's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Alberto Soares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Fabiano Maranhense kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sun Shi Xi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Carlos Alberto Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Talha Özakan hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the C.A.River Plate defense, Edson Couto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein. The C.A.River Plate fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein should have stopped the shot. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walmir Pombal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sun Shi Xi might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paulo Gaizkine. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sun Shi Xi ran back to his position shaking his head. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Alberto Soares in the 70th minute. Sun Shi Xi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Paulo Gaizkine read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute of the match C.A.River Plate got a corner. Catugi FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yayat Sutikno ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Talha Özakan came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the C.A.River Plate 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 Talha Özakan couldn't finish the play. 82 minutes into the match, C.A.River Plate's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Alberto Soares came free, but Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th match minute, C.A.River Plate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veto Pañeda to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walmir Pombal in the 88th minute of play forced C.A.River Plate's goalkeeper Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Catugi FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erik Sanches in the 90th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Walmir Pombal got free with Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Catugi FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.