Friendly League

Arena das Cavernas
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zvonimir Prestin got the match started through his kick off. Austra VFC's Hudson Gaúcho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zvonimir Prestin in the 6th minute of play. David Rotariu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Leandro Vianna showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. Sócrates Silva came free with the goalkeeper in the 16th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and David Rotariu could save by the left post. 19 minutes into the match, PoWer SC 2K5's goal looked a bit too open when Wellington Pires came free, but David Rotariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Rotariu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wellington Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Austra VFC's corner Wellington Pires fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and David Rotariu quite easily take care of the ball. Hudson Gaúcho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zvonimir Prestin's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Zvonimir Prestin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hudson Gaúcho was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Sócrates Silva who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 39thth minute tested the skills of David Rotariu when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 40th minute, Austra VFC's Wellington Pires ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind David Rotariu. David Rotariu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wellington Pires got free with David Rotariu in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wellington Pires was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wellington Pires in the 51st minute of play forced PoWer SC 2K5's goalkeeper David Rotariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wellington Pires in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Rotariu saved PoWer SC 2K5 from getting behind. After 55 minutes PoWer SC 2K5's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Maxim Vasilitã who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Wellington Pires almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PoWer SC 2K5's David Rotariu did a great save. David Rotariu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wellington Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wellington Pires scored 3-0 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of David Rotariu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. David Rotariu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Vianna in the 60th minute of play. David Rotariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. With a little luck, Austra VFC's Hudson Gaúcho got control of the ball when Jonas Klinsmann tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Wellington Pires's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Rotariu was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. David Rotariu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wellington Pires's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Zvonimir Prestin struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Hudson Gaúcho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PoWer SC 2K5. PoWer SC 2K5's David Rotariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Pollard in the 86th minute of play. David Rotariu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Pollard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute Wellington Pires shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Rotariu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Rotariu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Austra VFC's Marcus Pollard shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. The Austra VFC support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.