Friendly League

Arena Cruzeiro
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) S.C.CHUÍ's Tomás Campidelis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Valdemar Quadros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomás Campidelis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luiz Paulo Gaspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Cido Schmidt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cido Schmidt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Augusto Mesquita in the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Tomás Campidelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Luiz Paulo Gaspar got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. José Augusto Mesquita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gerson Carvalho kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Wágner Fox hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 39th minute Tomás Campidelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Guga Negri got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luiz Paulo Gaspar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cido Schmidt having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when José Augusto Mesquita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Guga Negri got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. José Augusto Mesquita hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Augusto Mesquita in the 61st minute of play forced S.C.CHUÍ's goalkeeper Cido Schmidt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 64 minutes, José Augusto Mesquita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but José Augusto Mesquita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gerson Carvalho during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to S.C.CHUÍ getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Gerson Carvalho hit a great ball. In the 70th minute José Augusto Mesquita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cido Schmidt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- booed when S.C.CHUÍ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luisão Trigo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hortêncio Fontes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 71st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cido Schmidt. S.C.CHUÍ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Guga Negri got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 74thth minute of the game José Augusto Mesquita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but S.C.CHUÍ's Cido Schmidt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cido Schmidt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of José Augusto Mesquita's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Cido Schmidt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Augusto Mesquita, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 84th minute Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- were awarded a corner. Hortêncio Fontes went to the cornerflag to take it. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Hortêncio Fontes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cido Schmidt in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that José Augusto Mesquita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cido Schmidt was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- were awarded a corner in the 88th minute after S.C.CHUÍ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hortêncio Fontes took the corner. For all the effort they put into the match, the S.C.CHUÍ players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-.