Friendly League

San Francisco Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Northern California's Fabio Monte started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. October 04's Narciso Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Frans in the 6th minute of play. Narciso Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Monte in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Fabio Monte ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Narciso Guimarães was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Narciso Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Monte in the 16th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Sergio Heriberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Fabio Monte cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Narciso Guimarães was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 30th minute, Sergio Heriberto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Narciso Guimarães was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Santos Mino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Mello, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 42nd minute Sergio Heriberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alex Mello to make the kick off. Narciso Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervasio Isias in the 50th minute of the match. Gervasio Isias could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Narciso Guimarães made a huge save. Narciso Guimarães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Monte, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute Northern California were awarded a corner. Hector Martxel went to the cornerflag to take it. October 04's Narciso Guimarães proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save October 04 from getting a goal against them. Sergio Heriberto shot from long distance after 61 played minutes, a shot that Narciso Guimarães with certain difficulty stopped from going in under the crossbar. Narciso Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Frans in the 62nd minute of play. The supporters of Northern California booed when October 04 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fellipe Valle didn't get a good kick on the ball. Narciso Guimarães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Frans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santos Mino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fellipe Valle, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Sergio Heriberto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Narciso Guimarães made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Fabio Monte kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Narciso Guimarães. That made the score 0-5 in the 78 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Paulo Pernambucano in the 84th minute of play forced Northern California's goalkeeper Santos Mino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute Fabio Monte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Northern California's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.