Friendly League

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Witold Gotfryd made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s goal looked a bit too open when Dan Pike came free, but Nicky Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, BUITRES II's goal looked a bit too open when Witold Gotfryd came free, but Chase Palacios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 7 minutes of play, ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s Ernesto Ramalho made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chase Palacios was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee felt a red card was in order, 10 minutes into the game, when Tião Messias put in a rough tackle. BUITRES II's Mór Cilia got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Ernesto Ramalho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chase Palacios was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Ernesto Ramalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Chase Palacios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chase Palacios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witold Gotfryd, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute, Ernesto Ramalho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chase Palacios was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Ernesto Ramalho kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the game, ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s Ernesto Ramalho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chase Palacios made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Dedé de Toledo might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Chase Palacios. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dedé de Toledo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 40th minute, Paulo Cardozo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Chase Palacios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Ramalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The supporters of BUITRES II booed when ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Cardozo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Allen Salinas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Ernesto Ramalho made a precise shot to the right of Chase Palacios. BUITRES II's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. Ernesto Ramalho's late challenge caught a BUITRES II's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ernesto Ramalho helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s Ernesto Ramalho got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Chase Palacios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witold Gotfryd in the 65th minute of play. BUITRES II's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Witold Gotfryd scored to the left of an out of position Chase Palacios, making the score, 0-8. In the 71st minute Witold Gotfryd shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chase Palacios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣ were awarded a corner. Witold Gotfryd went to the cornerflag to take it. Witold Gotfryd made a great header on ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s corner, it was just that BUITRES II's Chase Palacios managed to reach the ball for a save. Bebeto de Azevedo hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. A collision led to ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣ getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Ernesto Ramalho hit a great ball. Chase Palacios made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paulo Cardozo in the 82nd minute. In the 83rd minute, BUITRES II's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ernesto Ramalho fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 89th minute, ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s Witold Gotfryd dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. In the 92nd minute Witold Gotfryd shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chase Palacios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, BUITRES II's Chase Palacios got control of the ball when Ernesto Ramalho tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Pike in the 95th minute of play forced ♣¥ OS IMPOSSIVEIS ¥♣'s goalkeeper Nicky Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.