Friendly League

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Lobo Guará's Nuno Cardoso started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 played minutes Lobo Guará got a freekick which was hit by Berker Başhekim. Chase Palacios didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nuno Cardoso went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 12 minutes BUITRES II's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nando Barbosa who took care of the corner kick. Chase Palacios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Cardoso in the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Glauco Tasso in the 28th minute of play forced BUITRES II's goalkeeper Chase Palacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chase Palacios came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Lobo Guará's Nuno Cardoso. But to his dismay, Nuno Cardoso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Chase Palacios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Glauco Tasso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the match, Nuno Cardoso notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of BUITRES II's Chase Palacios. Chase Palacios was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chase Palacios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nando Barbosa in the 44th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Nuno Cardoso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Chase Palacios made a huge save. After a rather tough play, BUITRES II's Cordeiro Asadov got a free kick in the 56th minute. Nuno Cardoso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lobo Guará's Kerimhan Özonder was substituted for Glauco Tasso. Lobo Guará's Willian Caca-Rato was substituted for Nuno Cardoso. Ezequiel Pereira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Chase Palacios having to make a save. Chase Palacios made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Ezequiel Pereira sent off a good shot on target. In the 63rd minute Lobo Guará were awarded a corner. Nando Barbosa went to the cornerflag to take it. Ezequiel Pereira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Chase Palacios made a huge save. Ezequiel Pereira succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 69th playminute. Ezequiel Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Chase Palacios tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 80 minutes into the game, Ciro de Moraes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Chase Palacios was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ciro de Moraes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Chase Palacios came out and tried to block the shot, but Ciro de Moraes slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 83rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ciro de Moraes in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Chase Palacios prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 92 minutes of play, Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chase Palacios was left in no man's land by his defense there! 96 minutes into the match, Ciro de Moraes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chase Palacios. BUITRES II's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ciro de Moraes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-11. Lobo Guará's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.