Friendly League

Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alfredo Martins started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Adrián Espadas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Taffarel. Marquês de Herval's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrián Espadas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adrián Espadas in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dida Taffarel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Marquês de Herval's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iordanis Karatzaferis was slow to take the kick. During this time Soroca F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Soroca F.C.'s corner Iordanis Karatzaferis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dida Taffarel quite easily take care of the ball. Vitaliy Vischak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Martins in the 13th minute of the match. After having played for 14 minutes, Alfredo Martins managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marquês de Herval's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Martins was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vitaliy Vischak made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Nestor Paraibano sent off a good shot on target. 23 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Adrián Espadas came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vitaliy Vischak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alfredo Martins in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Adrián Espadas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Soroca F.C.'s Amador Venceslao managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Valentin Vizitiu in the 42 minute of the game. In the 44th minute Adrián Espadas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vitaliy Vischak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Martins in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Adrián Espadas made a kick off. Vitaliy Vischak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Cano in the 55th minute of the match. Vitaliy Vischak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nestor Paraibano, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Vitaliy Vischak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nestor Paraibano, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Vitaliy Vischak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nestor Paraibano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adrián Espadas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Soroca F.C.'s goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, Răzvan Necula had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Taffarel. Marquês de Herval's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Răzvan Necula was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Marquês de Herval made a substitution. Acácio Cunha replaced Valentin Vizitiu. The audience thought a goal was coming when Răzvan Necula got free with Dida Taffarel in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Răzvan Necula in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Cano in the 84th minute of play forced Soroca F.C.'s goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Răzvan Necula in the 85th minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Soroca F.C.'s Răzvan Necula ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dida Taffarel. Dida Taffarel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Marquês de Herval made a substitution. Jair Bostan replaced Selami Rezan. Gao Xiang Guang made in the 95th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by German Cano.