Friendly League

ARENA MINEIRA
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, 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. Emirhan Sultani started the match with the kick off. After 9 minutes of play, SV Balverliefd's Virgil Lindelöf made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dênis Chaves was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dênis Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steven Homan in the 12th minute of the match. Philippe-Arnaud Van Cleijnenbreugel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dênis Chaves read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, Steven Homan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dênis Chaves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jailson Correia in the 18th minute of play forced SV Balverliefd's goalkeeper Yorrick Zoethout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24thth minute of the game Steven Homan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but COURO COME FC's Dênis Chaves was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 28 played minutes SV Balverliefd got a freekick which was hit by Philippe-Arnaud Van Cleijnenbreugel. COURO COME FC's Álvaro Neiva shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 29th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Yorrick Zoethout but with some difficulty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emirhan Sultani in the 32nd minute of play forced SV Balverliefd's goalkeeper Yorrick Zoethout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dênis Chaves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Steven Homan in the 34th minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, SV Balverliefd's Steven Homan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dênis Chaves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 40th minute Steven Homan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dênis Chaves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of COURO COME FC booed when SV Balverliefd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Steven Homan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Steven Homan took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dênis Chaves. Dênis Chaves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Steven Homan took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dênis Chaves. Dênis Chaves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Steven Homan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Remond Reintjes kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Steven Homan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dênis Chaves. The goal made the score 0-6. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Steven Homan took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Dênis Chaves to make any attempt to save it. Steven Homan struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Dênis Chaves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SV Balverliefd. José Pedro da Fonseca made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Nando Ceresso immediately put the ball in play. A collision led to COURO COME FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Jailson Correia hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Steven Homan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dênis Chaves was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alex Diniz during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 74th minute, Alex Diniz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. COURO COME FC made a substitution. Zé Carlos de Queiroz replaced Alex Diniz. In the 75th match minute, COURO COME FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Diniz to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Dênis Chaves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Steven Homan. The corner led SV Balverliefd's Philippe-Arnaud Van Cleijnenbreugel to a score. 0-8 in the 82nd minute. Yorrick Zoethout took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jailson Correia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yorrick Zoethout showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nando Ceresso in the 96th minute of the match. SV Balverliefd's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.