Prized/Friendly Cup

Arena Eduardo Máximo
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zhu Ao Ying made the kick off which started today's match. Severino Bueno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Preudhomme having to interfere. 12 minutes into the game, Zhu Ao Ying cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Aaron Tanti was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Darren Carabott had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, quem me dá 1 milhão euros's Michel Preudhomme got control of the ball when Severino Bueno tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of quem me dá 1 milhão euros booed when Eleven Young Elephants was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severino Bueno didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Severino Bueno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Preudhomme was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Zhu Ao Ying's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aaron Tanti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by quem me dá 1 milhão euros's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Darren Carabott was slow to take the kick. During this time Eleven Young Elephants's players had a chance to rest. Severino Bueno could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Michel Preudhomme made a huge save. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by quem me dá 1 milhão euros's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Darren Carabott was slow to take the kick. During this time Eleven Young Elephants's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Vilmos Szikora managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Saden Merzouk hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Severino Bueno did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Michel Preudhomme 43 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Cauã Novaes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute of the match, Severino Bueno tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Michel Preudhomme saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Severino Bueno was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Bueno in the 51st minute of play forced quem me dá 1 milhão euros's goalkeeper Michel Preudhomme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Darren Carabott almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but quem me dá 1 milhão euros's Michel Preudhomme did a great save. In the 55th match minute, quem me dá 1 milhão euros was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guga Matorin to maneuver through the defense. Aaron Tanti made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Zhu Ao Ying sent off a good shot on target. Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aaron Tanti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cauã Novaes in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute of the match, Saden Merzouk tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aaron Tanti saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 66 minutes into the match, Darren Carabott notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of quem me dá 1 milhão euros's Michel Preudhomme. Michel Preudhomme was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eleven Young Elephants made a substitution. António Silva replaced Daan Jurásek. After 72 minutes of play, Eleven Young Elephants's Zlatko Zahovič made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Preudhomme was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 75th minute, Severino Bueno ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michel Preudhomme was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. 79 minutes into the match, Darren Carabott had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Michel Preudhomme. quem me dá 1 milhão euros's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Darren Carabott was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cauã Novaes in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aaron Tanti saved Eleven Young Elephants from getting behind. Michel Preudhomme didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Darren Carabott went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. 93 minutes into the match, quem me dá 1 milhão euros's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Bueno came free, but Michel Preudhomme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eleven Young Elephants's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.