Friendly League

Mineirão
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Duarte Félix made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Coritiba Foot Ball Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Oswaldo Maranhense was slow to take the kick. During this time Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's players had a chance to rest. 余永川 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marquez Padolles in the 7th minute of play forced Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes into the game, Fausto Romero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Arthur Bufi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Coritiba Foot Ball Club's Fausto Romero in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalie prevented a goal. 余永川 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Coritiba Foot Ball Club's Alvaro Rudolfo got control of the ball when 余永川 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Duarte Félix in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alvaro Rudolfo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 18th minute Marquez Padolles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Bufi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Arthur Bufi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Romero in the 19th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Fausto Romero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Arthur Bufi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The throw-in from Pedrinho Godoi in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Enrique de Mendonça. In the 23rd minute, Evaristo Montenegro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Coritiba Foot Ball Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's 余永川 got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Coritiba Foot Ball Club defense, 余永川 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alvaro Rudolfo. The Coritiba Foot Ball Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alvaro Rudolfo should have stopped the shot. Alvaro Rudolfo was a little too slow when Pedro Paulo Dante got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 2-3. Fausto Romero took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arthur Bufi. Arthur Bufi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fausto Romero to strike the kick off in the second half. Alvaro Rudolfo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duarte Félix, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marquez Padolles. An unexpectedly hard shot by 余永川 in the 59th minute of play forced Coritiba Foot Ball Club's goalkeeper Alvaro Rudolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube booed when Coritiba Foot Ball Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedrinho Godoi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Hélder Lara replaced Enrique de Mendonça. After a rather tough play, Coritiba Foot Ball Club's Pedrinho Godoi got a free kick in the 61st minute. Alvaro Rudolfo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 余永川, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Coritiba Foot Ball Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Artur Laguna in the 69th minute. 70 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evaristo Montenegro. Pedrinho Godoi made in the 79th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Hélder Lara. Alvaro Rudolfo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brock Friend in the 81st minute of play. After 84 minutes, Toninho Gomes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Coritiba Foot Ball Club and the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. Toninho Gomes hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Wanderson Bezerra got a free kick in the 88th minute. Arthur Bufi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Romero, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The Coritiba Foot Ball Club players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.