Friendly League

LEON KOLBOWSKI
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ulysses Madureira took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Marcin Cebula shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led Clapham Comets F.C.'s Mitchell Godwin to fire away a dangerous shot which Tony Guimarães despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that Ulysses Madureira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tony Guimarães was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by C. A. Atlanta's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ulysses Madureira was slow to take the kick. During this time Clapham Comets F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, Clapham Comets F.C.'s Mitchell Godwin got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute Marcin Cebula shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tony Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulysses Madureira in the 12th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ulysses Madureira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tony Guimarães was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Tony Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mitchell Godwin in the 14th minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Aaron Rambo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Mitchell Godwin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Tony Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 赵国弘 charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 赵国弘 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 赵国弘 hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Tony Guimarães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulysses Madureira, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 26 played minutes Clapham Comets F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Dawid Czaplicki. In the 29th minute, Marcin Cebula 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. After 33 minutes of play, Clapham Comets F.C.'s Ulysses Madureira made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tony Guimarães was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind C. A. Atlanta's goalkeeper Tony Guimarães, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mitchell Godwin made a great header on Clapham Comets F.C.'s corner, it was just that C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to C. A. Atlanta getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Evaristo Rosio hit a great ball. Mitchell Godwin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tony Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Willetts in the 45th minute of play. When Ulysses Madureira came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Clapham Comets F.C. 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 Ulysses Madureira couldn't finish the play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The corner led Clapham Comets F.C.'s Ulysses Madureira to fire away a dangerous shot which Tony Guimarães despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that Mitchell Godwin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tony Guimarães was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Ulysses Madureira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Tony Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcin Cebula could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Tony Guimarães made a huge save. After 68 played minutes C. A. Atlanta got a freekick which was hit by Leonel Eguzki. Ulysses Madureira might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tony Guimarães. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ulysses Madureira ran back to his position shaking his head. C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulysses Madureira in the 72nd minute of play. Mitchell Godwin kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 77thth minute. Though ot was a great shot C. A. Atlanta's keeper Tony Guimarães was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. In the 78th match minute, C. A. Atlanta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evaristo Rosio to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes into the match, Ulysses Madureira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tony Guimarães. C. A. Atlanta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulysses Madureira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Ariel Leguizamón showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 赵国弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 86 minutes of play C. A. Atlanta's 赵国弘 was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, C. A. Atlanta's 赵国弘 got a free kick in the 86th minute. After taking down the ball on Clapham Comets F.C.'s corner Ulysses Madureira fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tony Guimarães quite easily take care of the ball. The corner went over the outstretched arms of C. A. Atlanta's goalie and right to Jonathan Willetts. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. C. A. Atlanta's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mitchell Godwin in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tony Guimarães saved C. A. Atlanta from getting behind.