Friendly League

Estádio Tupi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ricardinho Rossi started the match with the kick off. Xu Yang Jian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Xu Yang Jian scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hortêncio Duarte, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zé Pedro Salles kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Hortêncio Duarte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eduard Iacobescu went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 13th minute, Zé Pedro Salles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduard Iacobescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Hortêncio Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Alvinegro de Tupã's Xu Yang Jian sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hortêncio Duarte narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hortêncio Duarte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xu Yang Jian went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Hortêncio Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hílton Pernambucano, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The audience was convinced that Xu Yang Jian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hortêncio Duarte was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. In the 26th minute Xu Yang Jian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hortêncio Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Alonzo Ilixo came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Alvinegro de Tupã 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 Alonzo Ilixo couldn't finish the play. In the 32ndth minute of the game Xu Yang Jian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pindorama's Hortêncio Duarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Genílson Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After 35 minutes, Xu Yang Jian made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Pindorama's Hortêncio Duarte tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The crowd rose to their feet as Alvinegro de Tupã's Eduard Iacobescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hortêncio Duarte. That made the score 0-7 after 52 minutes of play. With an all-out effort, Alvinegro de Tupã's Hortêncio Duarte threw himself towards the right post 68 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Xu Yang Jian, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 70 minutes Pindorama's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hílton Pernambucano who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xu Yang Jian in the 71st minute of play forced Pindorama's goalkeeper Hortêncio Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pindorama's goalkeeper Hortêncio Duarte, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 76th minute, Xu Yang Jian 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 a rather tough play, Alvinegro de Tupã's Åke Hellström got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute Edgar Matos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl Martin Bell Burnell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xu Yang Jian's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 80thth minute, Hortêncio Duarte skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hortêncio Duarte stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xu Yang Jian's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Alvinegro de Tupã's Karl Martin Bell Burnell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgar Matos in the 86th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Cauã Alves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd match minute, Pindorama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Genílson Marques to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle sounded Alvinegro de Tupã left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Pindorama.