Friendly League

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Criciúma Esporte Clube's Paulo Laurentzi 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. A collision led to Criciúma Esporte Clube getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Mehmet Emin Kamer hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Criciúma Esporte Clube's zone, CJ Townsley stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Evelio Antoniano came out of the goal and CJ Townsley tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Anthony Beckford's late challenge caught a Criciúma Esporte Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anthony Beckford helped the player get up and apologised. After 9 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Anthony Beckford. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zak Beckford got free with Evelio Antoniano in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Criciúma Esporte Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nikola Tesla was slow to take the kick. During this time The Handsome Wizards UTD's players had a chance to rest. Bartolomeo Simpson thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Evelio Antoniano, a very annoying self made goal in the 12th minute which led to 1-0. In the 20th minute, Gaztea Regalado made a precise shot to the right of Marcial Cisquella. The Handsome Wizards UTD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 26th minute, Gaztea Regalado made a precise shot to the right of Marcial Cisquella. The Handsome Wizards UTD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Evelio Antoniano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from CJ Townsley, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Marcial Cisquella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Laurentzi in the 36th minute of play. If Paulo Laurentzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute Paulo Laurentzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcial Cisquella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Claudio Antonangeli was the one to do the kick off. Marcial Cisquella made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gaztea Regalado in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaztea Regalado in the 58th minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Marcial Cisquella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 62 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Anthony Beckford. Criciúma Esporte Clube's Baraquiel Frances shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 63rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Marcial Cisquella but with some difficulty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zak Beckford in the 64th minute of play forced Criciúma Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Evelio Antoniano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute, Criciúma Esporte Clube's Paulo Laurentzi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-4. Marcial Cisquella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Laurentzi in the 72nd minute of the match. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Marcial Cisquella proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save The Handsome Wizards UTD from getting a goal against them. Claudio Antonangeli might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Evelio Antoniano. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claudio Antonangeli ran back to his position shaking his head. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Marcial Cisquella played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Laurentzi in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Antonangeli in the 81st minute of play forced Criciúma Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Evelio Antoniano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Criciúma Esporte Clube's Evelio Antoniano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudio Antonangeli in the 90th minute of play. After 91 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Anthony Beckford. Marcial Cisquella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Laurentzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Laurentzi in the 95th minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Marcial Cisquella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.