Friendly League

Lansdowne Road
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Carlinhos Aguiar kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, Shamans FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Slim Shady to maneuver through the defense. In the 4th minute, Ireland 1921's Boguslaw Kaider dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Boguslaw Kaider received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zeca Matorin came out and tried to block the shot, but Boguslaw Kaider slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 13th minute. In the 21st minute of the match, Leonel Criston tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zeca Matorin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Zeca Matorin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Criston in the 23rd minute of the match. Zeca Matorin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Criston in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Leonel Criston shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zeca Matorin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the game, Leonel Criston lined in a short shot 6-0 behind a frustrated Zeca Matorin. 46 minutes into the game, Paulinho Bueno was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Shamans FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ireland 1921 the free kick. After a rather tough play, Shamans FC's Paulinho Bueno got a free kick in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 8-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Leonel Criston made the kick off in the second half. Zeca Matorin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Boguslaw Kaider's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Zeca Matorin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Bilbo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, Shamans FC's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Bilbo came free, but Zeca Matorin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boguslaw Kaider in the 69th minute of play forced Shamans FC's goalkeeper Zeca Matorin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Ireland 1921 booed when Shamans FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amadeu Xavier didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Leonel Criston's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zeca Matorin was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Boguslaw Kaider in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zeca Matorin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zeca Matorin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Criston in the 78th minute of play. 12-0 became the score in the 80th minute when Leonel Criston elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Leonel Criston managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ireland 1921's supporters rose to their feet, but Leonel Criston was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zeca Matorin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 88th minute, Boguslaw Kaider left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ireland 1921 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 13-0. Boguslaw Kaider took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zeca Matorin. Zeca Matorin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 14-0. Leonel Criston sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ireland 1921 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.