Friendly League

Arena Vicente I
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aloísio Lima got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th minute, Luisinho Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guilherme Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandru Eugen in the 9th minute of play. A collision led to PALMEIRAS-UTAH getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Aloísio Lima hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Torbjörn Hellsing kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Truman Harrington. That made the score 1-1 in the 33 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in PALMEIRAS-UTAH's zone, Asdrubal Fernandes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Truman Harrington came out of the goal and Asdrubal Fernandes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dede Guci in the 38th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Truman Harrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Dede Guci came free, but Truman Harrington reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Corinthos Manuela F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Aloísio Lima came free, but Guilherme Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 41 played minutes PALMEIRAS-UTAH got a freekick which was hit by Jorge Pirani. Truman Harrington made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Asdrubal Fernandes sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Truman Harrington got control of the ball when Asdrubal Fernandes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Truman Harrington showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dede Guci in the 43rd minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Torbjörn Hellsing was the one to do the kick off. Corinthos Manuela F.C.'s Guilherme Fonseca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Corinthos Manuela F.C. from getting a goal against them. In the 58th minute Alexandru Eugen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guilherme Fonseca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Corinthos Manuela F.C.'s Guilherme Fonseca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Corinthos Manuela F.C. from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dede Guci in the 63rd minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Truman Harrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Truman Harrington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dede Guci, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Joachim Backlund's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Guilherme Fonseca firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 76 played minutes PALMEIRAS-UTAH got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Frazier. After a defensive mix-up in PALMEIRAS-UTAH's zone, André Velasco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Truman Harrington came out of the goal and André Velasco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guilherme Fonseca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bailey Kerns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the game, Cristi Mitică was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Corinthos Manuela F.C. the free kick. In the 86th minute, Cristi Mitică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 91 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Dede Guci came free, but Truman Harrington reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93 minutes of play, Corinthos Manuela F.C.'s Torbjörn Hellsing made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Truman Harrington was left in no man's land by his defense there! Corinthos Manuela F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.