Friendly League

Mineirão
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vânderson Saa made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Brock Friend sent off a good shot on target. 4 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Tang Yang Le came free, but Arthur Bufi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arthur Bufi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tang Yang Le in the 4th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Radul Kokalov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arthur Bufi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dale Dolar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barcellos Mineiro FC's Vânderson Saa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Barcellos Mineiro FC from getting a goal against them. 27 minutes into the game, Dale Dolar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Arthur Bufi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 30 minutes of play, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Dale Dolar made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arthur Bufi was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 33rd minute Dale Dolar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Bufi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hélder Lara made in the 41st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Brock Friend. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dale Dolar in the 46th minute of play forced Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Barcellos Mineiro FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Amílton Loyola in the 47th minute. The corner ended in Celsinho Corrêa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Arthur Bufi did a great save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Duarte Félix to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Dale Dolar took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Arthur Bufi to make any attempt to save it. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Rogério Teixeira replaced Hélder Lara. In the 62nd minute of the game Amílton Loyola made a throw-in which Clóvis Vieira played forward. Brock Friend kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Dale Dolar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barcellos Mineiro FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dale Dolar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arthur Bufi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Dale Dolar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arthur Bufi was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Arthur Bufi came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Barcellos Mineiro FC's Dale Dolar. But to his dismay, Dale Dolar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Cristi Saron replaced Oswaldo Maranhense. The corner led Barcellos Mineiro FC's Celsinho Corrêa to fire away a dangerous shot which Arthur Bufi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Arthur Bufi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dale Dolar, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. If Dale Dolar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, Dale Dolar reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arthur Bufi. The goal made the score 0-6. The Barcellos Mineiro FC fans' excitement grew in the 92nd match minute when Barcellos Mineiro FC's Dale Dolar looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Gong Fan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Amílton Loyola, made in the 95th minute of the game. When the match was over Barcellos Mineiro FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cruzeiro Esporte Clube throughout the match.