Friendly League

Mineirão
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. Rafinha Batista started the match with the kick off. Geovanni Vaz stood somewhat misplaced when Anselmo Negri came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 6 minute. In the 10th minute of the match, Anselmo Negri got a very nice opportunity to score, but Geovanni Vaz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to S S Palestra Italia getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. César Antunes hit a great ball. Geovanni Vaz acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 16th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Luiz Paulo Fantini. The corner ended in Luiz Paulo Fantini almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but S S Palestra Italia's Geovanni Vaz did a great save. After a rather tough play, S S Palestra Italia's Abel Marquez got a free kick in the 21st minute. Geovanni Vaz made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Anselmo Negri sent off a good shot on target. Miguel Donatello hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Vicente Chaves managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Vicente Chaves 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. Anselmo Negri who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 27thth minute tested the skills of Geovanni Vaz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Anselmo Negri managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Anselmo Negri 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. Luiz Paulo Fantini sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, S S Palestra Italia's Mané Donatello got a free kick in the 39th minute. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Vicente Chaves got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 45th minute of the match, Anselmo Negri tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Geovanni Vaz saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anselmo Negri stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vicente Chaves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube booed when S S Palestra Italia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caio Luz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vinícius Macedo made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Abel Marquez sent off a good shot on target. Vinícius Macedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abel Marquez in the 64th minute. The supporters of S S Palestra Italia booed when Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adelino Simão didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vinícius Macedo made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when César Terra sent off a good shot on target. Anselmo Negri hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Anselmo Negri's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Geovanni Vaz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. In the 71stth minute of the game Anselmo Negri 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. In the 72nd match minute, S S Palestra Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miguel Donatello to maneuver through the defense. Anselmo Negri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Geovanni Vaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vinícius Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César Terra, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 79 minutes, Vinícius Macedo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. S S Palestra Italia's Geovanni Vaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anselmo Negri in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Negri in the 85th minute of play forced S S Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Geovanni Vaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to S S Palestra Italia getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Rafinha Batista hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Vicente Chaves got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.