Friendly League

Monte Olimpo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carlos Fernando Catarinense took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Atibaia Raiders getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Filipe Arantes hit a great ball. With a little luck, Atibaia Raiders's Ricardinho Tande got control of the ball when Tião Baiano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rony Chaves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardinho Tande having to interfere. After 21 minutes, Jeremias Perez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atibaia Raiders and the Esporte Clube Zeus players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jeremias Perez hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Ramiro Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardinho Tande having to interfere. After 28 played minutes Atibaia Raiders got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Perez. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luizinho da Cunha in the 29th minute of play forced Atibaia Raiders's goalkeeper Ricardinho Tande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 minutes, Enrique Vasconcelos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atibaia Raiders and the Esporte Clube Zeus players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 30th match minute, Atibaia Raiders was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrique Vasconcelos to maneuver through the defense. Ricardinho Tande took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luizinho da Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ricardinho Tande took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luizinho da Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luizinho da Cunha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Carlos Fernando Catarinense hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Luizinho da Cunha might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardinho Tande. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luizinho da Cunha ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Atibaia Raiders's zone, Luizinho da Cunha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardinho Tande came out of the goal and Luizinho da Cunha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Enrique Vasconcelos was shown his second yellow card after 62 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Esporte Clube Zeus booed when Atibaia Raiders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrique Vasconcelos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jorge das Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ricardinho Tande tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ricardinho Tande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luizinho da Cunha in the 69th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the game, Esporte Clube Zeus's Aílton Varela nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardinho Tande made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. If Rony Chaves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 78 minutes into the game, Luizinho da Cunha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Ricardinho Tande was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ricardinho Tande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rony Chaves in the 81st minute of the match. Esporte Clube Zeus's Tião Baiano got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 91 minutes into the match, Rony Chaves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardinho Tande. Atibaia Raiders's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rony Chaves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Esporte Clube Zeus had played much better football throughout.