Friendly League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) HollywooDogs's Lucas Ribéry started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes, Wiliam Rosa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AF CERRADO and the HollywooDogs players grew even worse after the yellow card. Wiliam Rosa hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Lucas Ribéry's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lino Araújo was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. A collision led to AF CERRADO getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Paulo Leme hit a great ball. In the 16th minute of the match Sidnei Xavier shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lino Araújo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gil Velloso during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21st match minute, AF CERRADO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gil Velloso to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, HollywooDogs's Gil Bastos got a free kick in the 25th minute. Lino Araújo came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by HollywooDogs's Lucas Ribéry. But to his dismay, Lucas Ribéry quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fazul Gol in the 31st minute of play forced AF CERRADO's goalkeeper Lino Araújo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Fernando Motta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lino Araújo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mete Gøl in the 40th minute of the match. In the 44th minute Lucas Ribéry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Araújo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th minute, Mete Gøl left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The HollywooDogs fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Gil Velloso made the kick off in the second half. Lino Araújo stood somewhat misplaced when Lucas Ribéry came free in front of goal and shot 0-4 to the left of him in the 54 minute. Lucas Ribéry received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lino Araújo came out and tried to block the shot, but Lucas Ribéry slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 56th minute. After having played for 59 minutes, Fazul Gol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HollywooDogs's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fazul Gol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 66th match minute, HollywooDogs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ademar Santana to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Cearense hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Sidnei Xavier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 79 minutes into the match, Lucas Ribéry notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of AF CERRADO's Lino Araújo. Lino Araújo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpected shot in the 82nd minute by Fazul Gol got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Lucas Ribéry received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lino Araújo came out and tried to block the shot, but Lucas Ribéry slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 88th minute. After a defensive mix-up in AF CERRADO's zone, Sidnei Xavier stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lino Araújo came out of the goal and Sidnei Xavier tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. HollywooDogs's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.