Friendly League

Palestra Itália
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bailey Kerns started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Lei Feng Yan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S.E.R. Caxias do Sul fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The supporters of S.E.R. Caxias do Sul booed when PALMEIRAS-UTAH was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonardo Frazier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Esen Sanal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Pirani in the 10th minute of the match. Esen Sanal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aloísio Lima in the 12th minute. Joachim Backlund received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Esen Sanal came out and tried to block the shot, but Joachim Backlund slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 15th minute. 23 minutes into the match, S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's goal looked a bit too open when Aloísio Lima came free, but Esen Sanal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jorge Pirani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Esen Sanal was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Peter Steele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benedykt Pankiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lei Feng Yan was slow to take the kick. During this time S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's players had a chance to rest. The corner led S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Lei Feng Yan to fire away a dangerous shot which Peter Steele despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Peter Steele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedykt Pankiewicz in the 30th minute of the match. After 31 minutes, Benedykt Pankiewicz made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Peter Steele tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lei Feng Yan in the 35th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esen Sanal made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Alexandru Eugen sent off a good shot on target. Aloísio Lima could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Esen Sanal made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ricardinho de Senna in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Peter Steele prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 41stth minute of the game Ricardinho de Senna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Peter Steele was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Benedykt Pankiewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Mario Pochekanski was substituted for Benedykt Pankiewicz. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mario Pochekanski to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, PALMEIRAS-UTAH was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Frazier to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Jorge Pirani got a free kick in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Pochekanski in the 58th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lei Feng Yan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Peter Steele came out and tried to block the shot, but Lei Feng Yan slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 60th minute. Lei Feng Yan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Peter Steele made a huge save. Joachim Backlund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Peter Steele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Pochekanski, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 72nd minute, Mario Pochekanski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Peter Steele. The goal made the score 1-4. 75 minutes into the match, Alexandru Eugen notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Esen Sanal. Esen Sanal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Esen Sanal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bailey Kerns in the 80th minute of the match. Peter Steele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Pochekanski in the 83rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mario Pochekanski in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Peter Steele prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 89th minute Alexandru Eugen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esen Sanal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 96 played minutes S.E.R. Caxias do Sul got a freekick which was hit by Tarcisio Mangueira. S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Esen Sanal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bailey Kerns in the 98th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded S.E.R. Caxias do Sul left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than PALMEIRAS-UTAH.