Friendly League

Taquarão
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Andy Cole started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Andy Cole recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Haroldo Dante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Cole, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Floresta Negra FC's Hector Bazkoare managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tarcisio Couto in the 23 minute of the game. In the 24thth minute of the game Andy Cole who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's Haroldo Dante was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Haroldo Dante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Cole, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Floresta Negra FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jerzy Zjawin in the 26th minute. After taking down the ball on Floresta Negra FC's corner Clemente Moura fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Haroldo Dante quite easily take care of the ball. Andy Cole sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Haroldo Dante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Cole, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's Haroldo Dante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andy Cole in the 33rd minute of play. Haroldo Dante stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andy Cole's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leonel Messi got free with Egun Pais in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Armando Graack charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Armando Graack the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Clube Atl. Taquaritinga getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Armando Graack hit a great ball. Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Nilmar de Moraes 46 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Messi in the 58th minute of play forced Floresta Negra FC's goalkeeper Egun Pais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Egun Pais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nilmar de Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. When Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's Leonel Messi in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Floresta Negra FC's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Leonel Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Egun Pais was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 72nd minute Andy Cole shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Dante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Floresta Negra FC made a substitution. Jardel Lewandowski replaced Andy Cole. Egun Pais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonel Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the match, Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's goal looked a bit too open when Jardel Lewandowski came free, but Haroldo Dante reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jerzy Zjawin was slow to take the kick. During this time Floresta Negra FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Jerzy Zjawin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's Haroldo Dante did a great save. Clube Atl. Taquaritinga walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.