Friendly League

Marcos Mazer
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alessandro Zonta got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeu Sabóia in the 3rd minute of play forced VOTE MAZERMG!'s goalkeeper Adriano Carneiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7thth minute of the game Alessandro Zonta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CENZI's Cido Koehler was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, VOTE MAZERMG!'s Matheus Donelli got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute, Tadeu Sabóia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CENZI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Alessandro Zonta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Cido Koehler made a huge save. Adriano Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Túlio Dias in the 16th minute of play. Cido Koehler was a little too slow when Alessandro Zonta got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alessandro Zonta got free with Cido Koehler in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alessandro Zonta did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Cido Koehler 29 minutes into the match. Alessandro Zonta received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cido Koehler came out and tried to block the shot, but Alessandro Zonta slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 37th minute. After a rather tough play, VOTE MAZERMG!'s Yuri Alberto got a free kick in the 39th minute. The audience was convinced that Alessandro Zonta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cido Koehler was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. 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 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edinho Viana was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, CENZI's Túlio Dias got a free kick in the 51st minute. After 52 played minutes VOTE MAZERMG! got a freekick which was hit by Matheus Donelli. Marc Overmars fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cido Koehler having to interfere. 61 minutes into the game, Alessandro Zonta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Cido Koehler was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 67 minutes, Tadeu Sabóia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CENZI and the VOTE MAZERMG! players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of VOTE MAZERMG! booed when CENZI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruninho Xavier didn't get a good kick on the ball. VOTE MAZERMG!'s Adriano Carneiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save VOTE MAZERMG! from getting a goal against them. Wilson Freire received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Adriano Carneiro came out and tried to block the shot, but Wilson Freire slotted it home off the left post making it 4-2 in the 74th minute. Adriano Rosa kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Edinho Viana managed to get in a good position for a shot. CENZI's supporters rose to their feet, but Edinho Viana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adriano Carneiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adriano Carneiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramiro Camargo in the 87th minute of the match. When Matheus Donelli fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VOTE MAZERMG!'s protests and gave Matheus Donelli a yellow card for diving instead. Through an outstanding action, after 89 minutes, Adriano Carneiro successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Alessandro Zonta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cido Koehler having to interfere. VOTE MAZERMG!'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.