Friendly League

Arena Rockets
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, 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. Róbson Messias started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorino Aguirre in the 2nd minute of play forced Rockets's goalkeeper João Adolfo Mineiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 2 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Electric Futbol Club's Victorino Aguirre fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. If Aldo Enmanuel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Rockets getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Bebeto Vidal hit a great ball. Hipolito Jerrold showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tales de Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. João Adolfo Mineiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delmiro Milian in the 22nd minute of play. Orlando Veloso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Hipolito Jerrold made a huge save. Hipolito Jerrold made an important save on a dangerous shot by Toninho Terra in the 27th minute. Hipolito Jerrold showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tales de Carvalho in the 32nd minute of the match. João Adolfo Mineiro came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Electric Futbol Club's Delmiro Milian. But to his dismay, Delmiro Milian quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. João Adolfo Mineiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorino Aguirre, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aldo Enmanuel in the 41st minute of play forced Rockets's goalkeeper João Adolfo Mineiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Róbson Messias could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Hipolito Jerrold made a huge save. In the 46th minute, Róbson Messias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hipolito Jerrold was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aldo Enmanuel was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aldo Enmanuel in the 51st minute of play forced Rockets's goalkeeper João Adolfo Mineiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Victorino Aguirre dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of João Adolfo Mineiro, 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Róbson Messias in the 58th minute of play forced Electric Futbol Club's goalkeeper Hipolito Jerrold to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Rockets booed when Electric Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Jurgi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th minute, Róbson Messias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hipolito Jerrold was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. The supporters of Electric Futbol Club booed when Rockets was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomás Ferraz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute of the match Angelo Santio sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but João Adolfo Mineiro skillfully saved the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Marco Jurgi notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Rockets's João Adolfo Mineiro. João Adolfo Mineiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. João Adolfo Mineiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorino Aguirre in the 73rd minute of play. Hipolito Jerrold made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Róbson Messias in the 76th minute of play. After 79 minutes, Orlando Veloso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rockets and the Electric Futbol Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. Delmiro Milian could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but João Adolfo Mineiro made a huge save. In the 86th minute, Victorino Aguirre reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of João Adolfo Mineiro. The goal made the score 3-4. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Victorino Aguirre took a quick shot and it went in 3-5 without a chance for João Adolfo Mineiro to make any attempt to save it. Hipolito Jerrold made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilvan Chaves in the 96th minute of play. The Rockets supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Electric Futbol Club's performance. The match ended with a win for Electric Futbol Club.