Friendly League

LEON KOLBOWSKI
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Teodoro Primo started the match with the kick off. C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robin Steckamp in the 5th minute of play. When Robin Steckamp came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Wambalamba FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Robin Steckamp couldn't finish the play. C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Carlos Vianna in the 13th minute of play. Brian Finnman got in the 17th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Tony Guimarães handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Brian Finnman sped through C. A. Atlanta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tony Guimarães. Robin Steckamp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Tony Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the C. A. Atlanta defense, Robin Steckamp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tony Guimarães. The C. A. Atlanta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tony Guimarães should have stopped the shot. Tony Guimarães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robin Steckamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Tony Guimarães didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juarês Donato went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, C. A. Atlanta's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Steckamp came free, but Tony Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Robin Steckamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wambalamba FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Brian Finnman in the 39th minute. Wambalamba FC's Brian Finnman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tony Guimarães in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Wambalamba FC were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after C. A. Atlanta's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Brian Finnman took the corner. Brian Finnman made a great header on Wambalamba FC's corner, it was just that C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães managed to reach the ball for a save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Robin Steckamp to strike the kick off in the second half. C. A. Atlanta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 54th minute, when Juarês Donato scored to the left of an out of position Tony Guimarães, making the score, 0-4. 57 minutes into the match, João Carlos Vianna had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tony Guimarães. C. A. Atlanta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that João Carlos Vianna was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Robin Steckamp put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Tony Guimarães. A collision led to Wambalamba FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Brian Finnman hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Teodoro Primo managed to get in a good position for a shot. C. A. Atlanta's supporters rose to their feet, but Teodoro Primo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cris Courtois breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Robin Steckamp came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tony Guimarães could save by the left post. Cris Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Sasoin, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Robin Steckamp's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tony Guimarães firmly grabbed it by the left post. Robin Steckamp's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tony Guimarães firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tony Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Carlos Vianna in the 90th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Robin Steckamp ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tony Guimarães was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Wambalamba FC made a substitution. Léo Souto replaced João Carlos Vianna.