Friendly League

TEATRO DAS ARTES
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vítor Peixoto started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severo Laurentzi in the 6th minute of play forced FUTEBOL ARTE's goalkeeper Margus Niilus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute, Severo Laurentzi made a precise shot to the right of Margus Niilus. FUTEBOL ARTE's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a rather tough play, West Ham's J.C. Smith got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute Vítor Peixoto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hayden Baker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Margus Niilus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tommy Mayfield, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute West Ham were awarded a corner. Kurt Poynton went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led West Ham's Kurt Poynton to fire away a dangerous shot which Margus Niilus despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by J.C. Smith in the 22nd minute of play forced FUTEBOL ARTE's goalkeeper Margus Niilus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 minutes, Bai Yang Lang mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FUTEBOL ARTE and the West Ham players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FUTEBOL ARTE's Bai Yang Lang got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Kurt Poynton, 24 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 26 minutes into the match, West Ham's goal looked a bit too open when Yan Le came free, but Hayden Baker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to West Ham getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Romeo Callery hit a great ball. The supporters of FUTEBOL ARTE booed when West Ham was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. J.C. Smith didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hayden Baker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Claudinei Pirani went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Hayden Baker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vítor Peixoto in the 40th minute of play. Hayden Baker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yan Le in the 42nd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, Vítor Peixoto dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hayden Baker, 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Severo Laurentzi was the one to do the kick off. When FUTEBOL ARTE's Vítor Peixoto in 55 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Hayden Baker guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Hayden Baker came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by FUTEBOL ARTE's Yan Le. But to his dismay, Yan Le quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. 69 minutes into the match, Claudinei Pirani notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of West Ham's Hayden Baker. Hayden Baker was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Margus Niilus made an important save on a dangerous shot by Severo Laurentzi in the 72nd minute. After taking down the ball on West Ham's corner Kurt Poynton fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Margus Niilus quite easily take care of the ball. West Ham's Hayden Baker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vítor Peixoto in the 84th minute of play. Margus Niilus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severo Laurentzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 87th minute, Yan Le made a precise shot to the right of Hayden Baker. West Ham's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-1. After 92 minutes of play, FUTEBOL ARTE's Vítor Peixoto made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hayden Baker was left in no man's land by his defense there! 96 minutes into the game, Vítor Peixoto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-1. Hayden Baker was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. For all the effort they put into the match, the West Ham players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FUTEBOL ARTE.