Friendly League

STADIUM MEXACOMX
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Januário Rangel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim Delgado, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Mike van Kampen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Ricardo Guerra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mike van Kampen. Matos Velhos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ricardo Guerra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. MEXACOMX's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Giannis Kouretzis in the 20th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Matos Velhos's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Jordão came free, but Mike van Kampen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mike van Kampen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Guerra in the 30th minute of the match. Januário Rangel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sabino Vilhena in the 31st minute of play. In the 35th minute Heigo Luiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Januário Rangel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as MEXACOMX's Ricardo Guerra slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mike van Kampen. That made the score 2-0 after 36 minutes of play. 40 minutes into the match, MEXACOMX's goal looked a bit too open when Heigo Luiga came free, but Januário Rangel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mike van Kampen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ricardo Guerra's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. Mike van Kampen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Sabino Vilhena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joaquim Delgado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After taking down the ball on Matos Velhos's corner Heigo Luiga fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Januário Rangel quite easily take care of the ball. Maurício Meireles took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 55th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mike van Kampen. Matos Velhos's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Heigo Luiga's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Januário Rangel firmly grabbed it by the left post. Mike van Kampen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Mike van Kampen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Jordão in the 62nd minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Matos Velhos's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Jordão came free, but Mike van Kampen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mike van Kampen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Mike van Kampen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Januário Rangel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sabino Vilhena in the 74th minute of play. Matos Velhos's Mike van Kampen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Guerra in the 75th minute of play. Matos Velhos's Generoso Silvino was substituted for Lisandro Fagundes. Matos Velhos's Henrique Candal was substituted for Heigo Luiga. After 78 minutes Matos Velhos's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giannis Kouretzis who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to MEXACOMX's Maurício Meireles getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Joaquim Delgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Januário Rangel having to interfere. MEXACOMX's Fryderyk Gierlach was substituted for Ricardo Guerra. 89 minutes into the match, MEXACOMX's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Delgado came free, but Januário Rangel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Matos Velhos's Januário Rangel threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Karl Nietlisbach, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mike van Kampen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fryderyk Gierlach, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matos Velhos's Joaquim Delgado was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 94th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The MEXACOMX fans cheered their team off the field, for while Matos Velhos had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.