Friendly League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Carl Downes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The Tigers's Tim Johnstone proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save The Tigers from getting a goal against them. Tim Johnstone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anderson Barral, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 13th minute of the game, Guilherme Mazza landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Botafogo MZRJ made a substitution. Wágner Queirós replaced Guilherme Mazza. After 15 played minutes The Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Darius Hamer. After a defensive mix-up in The Tigers's zone, Murillo Loureiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tim Johnstone came out of the goal and Murillo Loureiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 19 minutes into the match, Botafogo MZRJ's Anderson Barral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tim Johnstone narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Tigers's Tim Johnstone proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save The Tigers from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Wágner Queirós during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Botafogo MZRJ getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Wágner Queirós hit a great ball. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Tigers's goalkeeper Tim Johnstone, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Botafogo MZRJ were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after The Tigers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Murillo Loureiro took the corner. Tim Johnstone was a little too slow when Gilmar Couto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 4-0. Férid Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Downes, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Férid Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Downes, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Anderson Barral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Tim Johnstone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gilmar Couto made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Botafogo MZRJ's Anderson Barral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tim Johnstone narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 54th match minute, Botafogo MZRJ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilmar Couto to maneuver through the defense. In the 57th minute of the match Anderson Barral shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tim Johnstone showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Gilmar Couto scored 6-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tim Johnstone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 66 minutes into the match, Gilmar Couto notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of The Tigers's Tim Johnstone. Tim Johnstone was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 70th match minute, Botafogo MZRJ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anderson Barral to maneuver through the defense. Tim Johnstone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilmar Couto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilmar Couto in the 78th minute of play forced The Tigers's goalkeeper Tim Johnstone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Gilmar Couto notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of The Tigers's Tim Johnstone. Tim Johnstone was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 82 minutes, Carl Downes made it 8-1 with a short kick to the right side. Botafogo MZRJ's Férid Khalifa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carl Downes got free with Férid Khalifa in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 85 played minutes Botafogo MZRJ got a freekick which was hit by Murillo Loureiro. After a rather tough play, Botafogo MZRJ's Wágner Queirós got a free kick in the 90th minute. If Gilmar Couto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carl Downes in the 94th minute of play forced Botafogo MZRJ's goalkeeper Férid Khalifa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.