Friendly League

Metal Cage!
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dedé Correia got the match started through his kick off. Daniel Păvăloae stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolas Bueno's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Daniel Păvăloae took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Bueno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dedé Correia in the 16th minute of play forced Metal Juniors's goalkeeper Daniel Păvăloae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martín Palermo struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Lauro Meirelles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Metal Juniors. In the 31st minute Dedé Correia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Păvăloae saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Garopaba F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jonatan Dantae was slow to take the kick. During this time Metal Juniors's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Metal Juniors's corner Jonatan Dantae fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lauro Meirelles quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Dedé Correia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Păvăloae was relentless in the 47th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Martín Palermo to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Garopaba F.C's Marconi Galvan got a free kick in the 51st minute. Lauro Meirelles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martín Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 54 minutes Garopaba F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jonatan Dantae who took care of the corner kick. Gervasio Favila kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Jorge Pontes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Metal Juniors made a substitution. Miguel Sotero replaced Yani Abalos. Metal Juniors's Haroldo Nayely was substituted for Jonatan Dantae. Timoteo Gorosti made in the 67th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eloy Gaufred. After 68 minutes of play, Metal Juniors's Sergio Dennis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lauro Meirelles was left in no man's land by his defense there! Metal Juniors's Daniel Păvăloae proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Metal Juniors from getting a goal against them. Daniel Păvăloae showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Bueno, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Eloy Gaufred's late challenge caught a Garopaba F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eloy Gaufred helped the player get up and apologised. Eloy Gaufred hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Sergio Dennis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lauro Meirelles was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Tomás Gajardo charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomás Gajardo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tomás Gajardo kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Metal Juniors were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Garopaba F.C for a fine match.