Friendly League

Imperial
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ricardinho Dantas started the match with the kick off. Ricardinho Dantas scored 1-0 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nico Pizzi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Colombo A.C.'s Ali Nejat Özertem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cãtãlin Hâldan in the 8th minute of play. In the 9th minute Ricardinho Dantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nico Pizzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Ricardinho Dantas sped through SELEVASCO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nico Pizzi. After 22 minutes SELEVASCO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lauro Neiva who took care of the corner kick. Maksymilian Polkoski hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in SELEVASCO's zone, Ricardinho Dantas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nico Pizzi came out of the goal and Ricardinho Dantas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cãtãlin Hâldan in the 34th minute of play forced Colombo A.C.'s goalkeeper Ali Nejat Özertem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute Ricardinho Dantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nico Pizzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Nejat Özertem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cãtãlin Hâldan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cãtãlin Hâldan in the 42nd minute of play forced Colombo A.C.'s goalkeeper Ali Nejat Özertem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, SELEVASCO's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardinho Dantas came free, but Nico Pizzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, SELEVASCO's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardinho Dantas came free, but Nico Pizzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. SELEVASCO's Nico Pizzi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save SELEVASCO from getting a goal against them. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Cãtãlin Hâldan got free with Ali Nejat Özertem in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Colombo A.C.'s Ricardinho Dantas got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ricardinho Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Van Dijk in the 55th minute of play forced Colombo A.C.'s goalkeeper Ali Nejat Özertem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombo A.C.'s Edu Correia was substituted for Julian Tomporowski. Kang Kun Chen made in the 61st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Renato Paraíba immediately put the ball in play. Giovani Mendes hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. After 64 played minutes Colombo A.C. got a freekick which was hit by Giovani Mendes. A collision led to SELEVASCO getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Patrick Cunha hit a great ball. Nico Pizzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michal Burufski in the 71st minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, SELEVASCO's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Burufski came free, but Nico Pizzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Nejat Özertem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cãtãlin Hâldan in the 78th minute of the match. Nico Pizzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geovanni Mesquita in the 79th minute of play. With a little luck, Colombo A.C.'s Ali Nejat Özertem got control of the ball when Cãtãlin Hâldan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ali Nejat Özertem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renato Paraíba in the 82nd minute of the match. After 91 minutes of play, Colombo A.C.'s Michal Burufski made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nico Pizzi was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind SELEVASCO's goalkeeper Nico Pizzi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Colombo A.C. had won after a very even match.