Friendly League

Engº. Antônio Lopes
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After some careless play in the S S Palestra Italia defense, Fernando Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Geovanni Vaz. The S S Palestra Italia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Geovanni Vaz should have stopped the shot. In the 8thth minute of the game Thiago Furtado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but S S Palestra Italia's Geovanni Vaz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Geovanni Vaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thiago Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After 19 minutes, Thiago Furtado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UPTEXTIL.COM and the S S Palestra Italia players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 19 played minutes UPTEXTIL.COM got a freekick which was hit by Thiago Furtado. When Caio Luz fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored S S Palestra Italia's protests and gave Caio Luz a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to S S Palestra Italia getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Caio Luz hit a great ball. If Fernando Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when César Terra got free with Benjamim Peixoto in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 28 minutes into the game, Thiago Furtado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Geovanni Vaz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 34thth minute of the game Thiago Furtado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but S S Palestra Italia's Geovanni Vaz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Thiago Furtado put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Geovanni Vaz. Jeremias Pinheiro kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Bruno Cardozo scored 0-5 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geovanni Vaz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half UPTEXTIL.COM were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thiago Furtado to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in S S Palestra Italia's zone, Baltazar Paraibano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Geovanni Vaz came out of the goal and Baltazar Paraibano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to S S Palestra Italia getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Miguel Donatello hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Thiago Furtado kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Geovanni Vaz. That made the score 0-6 in the 55 minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, S S Palestra Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Cunha came free, but Geovanni Vaz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jean Paraibano's late challenge caught a S S Palestra Italia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jean Paraibano helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafinha Batista in the 62nd minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Benjamim Peixoto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thiago Furtado's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 64thth minute, Geovanni Vaz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Geovanni Vaz managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when UPTEXTIL.COM's Thiago Furtado fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With his leg Geovanni Vaz managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when UPTEXTIL.COM's Thiago Furtado fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, S S Palestra Italia's Geovanni Vaz got control of the ball when Thiago Furtado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benjamim Peixoto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Marquez in the 78th minute of play. Thiago Furtado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovanni Vaz having to interfere. After having played for 86 minutes, Thiago Furtado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UPTEXTIL.COM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thiago Furtado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Thiago Furtado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geovanni Vaz was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thiago Furtado got free with Geovanni Vaz in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thiago Furtado in the 93rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Geovanni Vaz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 94th minute, Carlos Eduardo Macedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Thiago Furtado managed to get in a good position for a shot. UPTEXTIL.COM's supporters rose to their feet, but Thiago Furtado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Geovanni Vaz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match was over UPTEXTIL.COM could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than S S Palestra Italia throughout the match.