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Match Report
ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peter Crouch started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Crouch came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ZORZAL01 booed when ITAFUT 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastião Henriques didn't get a good kick on the ball. 14 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nilson Peres narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 15 minutes ITAFUT 4EVER's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavel Nedvěd who took care of the corner kick. Jardel Baggio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Qin Fan Sheng having to make a save. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jean-Paul Møffelmand got a free kick in the 18th minute. Jardel Baggio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qin Fan Sheng having to interfere. Peter Crouch blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nilson Peres having to make a save. In the 36th minute Peter Crouch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nilson Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Nedvěd, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 45th minute, Horacio Librado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jardel Baggio made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 55th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner. Jardel Baggio went to the cornerflag to take it. Flavius Postelnicescu made a great header on ITAFUT 4EVER's corner, it was just that ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Thiago Silva hit a great ball. ITAFUT 4EVER's Cauan Loyola was substituted for Sidney Bertassi. Thiago Silva hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Jardel Baggio struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Qin Fan Sheng didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ITAFUT 4EVER. ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cauan Loyola in the 67th minute of play. Qin Fan Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jardel Baggio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nilson Peres stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Peter Crouch's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. After 87 played minutes ZORZAL01 got a freekick which was hit by Thiago Silva. In the 88th minute of the match Robert Arboleda shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Qin Fan Sheng showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Qin Fan Sheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Huyghebaert, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cauan Loyola in the 94th minute of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.
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