Friendly League

Estádio Caldeirão
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Donato Branco kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Marzagão getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Cezary Siekierka hit a great ball. In the 8th match minute, Zamalek FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zack Grier to maneuver through the defense. Rhys Dimmock made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nestor Galvão in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute Leonardo Lane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Valler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mugurel Balaeț's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Herbert Valler on his right side and into the goal. 11 minutes into the game it was 0-1. In the 14th match minute, Marzagão was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Neil Mar to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes into the match, Leonardo Lane had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Herbert Valler. Marzagão's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leonardo Lane was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 20th minute, Leonardo Lane ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Herbert Valler was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The audience was convinced that Elin Elin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Herbert Valler was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Herbert Valler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mugurel Balaeț, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th minute Leonardo Lane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Valler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Herbert Valler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Lane in the 31st minute of play. Herbert Valler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elin Elin in the 32nd minute of play. Herbert Valler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elin Elin in the 35th minute of play. When Zamalek FC's Elin Elin, in the 35th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Zamalek FC. When Mugurel Balaeț came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Zamalek FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mugurel Balaeț couldn't finish the play. Sergey Krasinskiy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Herbert Valler having to make a save. Marzagão's Herbert Valler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Krasinskiy in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugurel Balaeț in the 42nd minute of play forced Marzagão's goalkeeper Herbert Valler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Elin Elin sped through Marzagão's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Herbert Valler. Herbert Valler stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elin Elin's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elin Elin to make the kick off. Marzagão's Herbert Valler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Marzagão from getting a goal against them. Leonardo Lane could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Herbert Valler made a huge save. Herbert Valler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elin Elin in the 59th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Zamalek FC's Herbert Valler threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Elin Elin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Herbert Valler made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonardo Lane in the 69th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Leonardo Lane kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Herbert Valler. That made the score 0-6 in the 72 minute of play. Zamalek FC's Daron Joseph was substituted for Leonardo Lane. Herbert Valler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elin Elin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes into the match, Elin Elin notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Marzagão's Herbert Valler. Herbert Valler was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 81 minutes into the match, Daron Joseph dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Herbert Valler, 0-8. Zamalek FC made a substitution. Jann Bernickow replaced Fred Kirkpatrick. Daron Joseph got the audience’s attention when, from a short distance, he fired away a great shot in the 86th minute of the game. The shot hit the left post and bounced out. Herbert Valler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daron Joseph in the 88th minute of the match. Elin Elin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Herbert Valler tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rhys Dimmock took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neil Mar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Zamalek FC's Jann Bernickow slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Herbert Valler. That made the score 0-9 after 96 minutes of play. When the match was over Zamalek FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Marzagão throughout the match.