Friendly League

Vila do Bispo
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Darío Graabirk took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Gervásio Severiano dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of René Stam, 1-0. Luís Braga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. René Stam tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 9th minute of play forced Las Palmas's goalkeeper René Stam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Las Palmas's René Stam got control of the ball when Joaquim de Barros tried to sneak it across the goal line. René Stam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 16th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 25 minutes into the game, when Benicio Foro put in a rough tackle. Benicio Foro hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Las Palmas's René Stam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Las Palmas from getting a goal against them. If Shao Kun Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rd minute, VB-Team's César Sampaio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joaquim de Barros got free with René Stam in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Las Palmas's René Stam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Las Palmas from getting a goal against them. Rogelio Crescencio hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Joaquim de Barros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but René Stam made a huge save. René Stam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 44th minute of play. Las Palmas's René Stam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Las Palmas from getting a goal against them. In the 46th minute, Joaquim de Barros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VB-Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim de Barros to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Joaquim de Barros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of René Stam. Las Palmas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquim de Barros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Las Palmas's René Stam played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim de Barros in the 55th minute of play forced Las Palmas's goalkeeper René Stam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by Las Palmas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luís Braga was slow to take the kick. During this time VB-Team's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on VB-Team's corner Luís Braga fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and René Stam quite easily take care of the ball. Luís Braga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without René Stam having to interfere. Luís Braga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. René Stam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shao Kun Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. René Stam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 69th minute of the match. René Stam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 70th minute of the match. After 74 minutes of play, VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. René Stam was left in no man's land by his defense there! René Stam stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Caeiro's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. René Stam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Luís Braga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. René Stam was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. René Stam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Braga, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Luís Braga might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over René Stam. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luís Braga ran back to his position shaking his head. René Stam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Braga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. René Stam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shao Kun Yuan in the 90th minute of play forced Las Palmas's goalkeeper René Stam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Caeiro in the 92nd minute of play forced Las Palmas's goalkeeper René Stam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. René Stam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shao Kun Yuan in the 93rd minute of play. After 95 minutes of play, VB-Team's Luís Caeiro made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. René Stam was left in no man's land by his defense there!