Friendly League

New York Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dé Ferreira kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Cats and dogs's Frédéric Gout got control of the ball when Genílson Bueno tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Cats and dogs's Frédéric Gout got control of the ball when Genílson Bueno tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, . SC Manhattan .'s Alexsandro da Costa got a free kick in the 13th minute. It was beautiful to see Cats and dogs's Augustin Boulnois in action when he in the 15th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Mazarópi Barros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boris Le Gall, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markus Münch to maneuver through the defense. Mazarópi Barros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terry Sauvestre in the 21st minute of the match. If Kader Miguet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frédéric Gout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dé Ferreira in the 25th minute of play. In the 31stth minute of the game Genílson Bueno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cats and dogs's Frédéric Gout was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. . SC Manhattan . were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Cats and dogs's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alexsandro da Costa took the corner. Markus Münch's late challenge caught a Cats and dogs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Markus Münch helped the player get up and apologised. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Theo Longuet to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Genílson Bueno in the 53rd minute of play forced Cats and dogs's goalkeeper Frédéric Gout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cats and dogs's Tony Jérémie got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mazarópi Barros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theo Longuet, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Zülfü Kahveci recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 61 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Boris Le Gall came free, but Mazarópi Barros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, Dé Ferreira was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. . SC Manhattan .'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cats and dogs the free kick. Dé Ferreira hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. . SC Manhattan .'s Genílson Bueno got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Theo Longuet in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mazarópi Barros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 71st minute Genílson Bueno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frédéric Gout saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cats and dogs were furious when Florian Coutant was red carded, 71 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 71 minutes into the game, one of Cats and dogs:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Cats and dogs:s Frédéric Gout showed great skill when he stopped Dé Ferreira:s penalty. 73 minutes into the match, Dé Ferreira notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Cats and dogs's Frédéric Gout. Frédéric Gout was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Frédéric Gout showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genílson Bueno in the 76th minute of the match. Mazarópi Barros was a little too slow when Gaétan Bouchard got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 2-1. Cats and dogs's Boris Le Gall got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Genílson Bueno's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Frédéric Gout read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. Mazarópi Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boris Le Gall in the 88th minute of play. If Genílson Bueno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.