Friendly League

Ángel Labruna
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ruben Dolfo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Paulo Romelio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Ciro Brasil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Rodolfo Goito hit a great ball. Marcelo Bikendi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Evair Palmeira's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Evair Palmeira notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi. Marcelo Bikendi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Evair Palmeira hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute, Zé Paulo Gerber hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Angel Pirmin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wiliam Paes kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Paulo Romelio could shoot a difficult shot in the 39th minute, which Ciro Brasil however easily saved by the left post. In the 41st minute Evair Palmeira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Bikendi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 41 minutes of play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Evair Palmeira made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Bikendi was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, La Gallardeta's Rodolfo Goito got a free kick in the 46th minute. 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.

Marcelo Bikendi made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Evair Palmeira sent off a good shot on target. 53 minutes into the game, Ruben Dolfo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Ciro Brasil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ruben Dolfo hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute, Evair Palmeira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Bikendi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. La Gallardeta's Ruben Dolfo got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With an all-out effort, ITAFUT 4EVER's Marcelo Bikendi threw himself towards the right post 64 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Guto de Castro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Evair Palmeira in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcelo Bikendi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 74 played minutes ITAFUT 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Anderson Pernambucano. ITAFUT 4EVER's Orlando Mineiro was substituted for Guto de Castro. Anderson Pernambucano hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Ciro Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Romelio in the 77th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paulo Romelio in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciro Brasil saved ITAFUT 4EVER from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in La Gallardeta's zone, Evair Palmeira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcelo Bikendi came out of the goal and Evair Palmeira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Orlando Mineiro was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 82nd minute. ITAFUT 4EVER's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. ITAFUT 4EVER's Valério Fernandes couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 85th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for La Gallardeta.