Friendly League

Paulistano
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, 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. Ronaldo Simão started the match with the kick off. Arlindo Rossi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Dantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s goal looked a bit too open when Arkın Öğüç came free, but Arlindo Rossi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. João Carlos Andrade didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dráusio Mota went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Arlindo Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krakaca Neto in the 23rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Krakaca Neto put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Arlindo Rossi. In the 31st minute Arkın Öğüç shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo Rossi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘ defense, Arkın Öğüç kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arlindo Rossi. The └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arlindo Rossi should have stopped the shot. Arlindo Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkın Öğüç in the 35th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Krakaca Neto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arlindo Rossi. └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Krakaca Neto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkın Öğüç in the 50th minute of play forced └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s goalkeeper Arlindo Rossi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s Enkel Seger got a free kick in the 54th minute. Krakaca Neto might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arlindo Rossi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Krakaca Neto ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 62nd minute Víktor Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Carlos Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arkın Öğüç came free with the goalkeeper in the 63rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Arlindo Rossi could save by the left post. └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s Arlindo Rossi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘ from getting a goal against them. João Carlos Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Víktor Silva in the 75th minute of the match. Arlindo Rossi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Krakaca Neto in the 78th minute. Arlindo Rossi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Dantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute Futuros FC were awarded a corner. Pedro Luís Furtado went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Futuros FC's corner Pedro Luís Furtado fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arlindo Rossi quite easily take care of the ball. 87 minutes in the game, Beto Smith fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Arlindo Rossi having to interfere. Krakaca Neto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arlindo Rossi came out and tried to block the shot, but Krakaca Neto slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 88th minute. In the 92nd minute, └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Marcos Fernandes fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Futuros FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.