Friendly League

Couqueiros Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Valadas's Nuno Cunha 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 a rather tough play, Valadas's Alberto Padilha got a free kick in the 2nd minute. David Bastos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuno Cunha in the 4th minute of play. David Bastos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Nuno Cunha took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised David Bastos. David Bastos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Teodoro Freire might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gerd-Peter Meiswinkel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Teodoro Freire ran back to his position shaking his head. Teodoro Freire could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Gerd-Peter Meiswinkel made a huge save. In the 17th minute, Alberto Padilha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teodoro Freire could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Gerd-Peter Meiswinkel made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Takeshi Schims in the 23rd minute of play forced AM United's goalkeeper David Bastos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Valadas getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Margrímur Ásmundsson hit a great ball. In the 26th minute, Teodoro Freire left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AM United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teodoro Freire got free with Gerd-Peter Meiswinkel in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute, Nuno Cunha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. David Bastos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. David Bastos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermínio Bomba in the 36th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, AM United's goal looked a bit too open when Nuno Cunha came free, but David Bastos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Bastos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Cunha in the 41st minute of the match. David Bastos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Teodoro Freire to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Teodoro Freire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gerd-Peter Meiswinkel was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. David Bastos came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Valadas's Ricardo Valente. But to his dismay, Ricardo Valente quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. The supporters of AM United booed when Valadas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Padilha didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Teodoro Freire put it in 3-3 from a short distance just to the right of Gerd-Peter Meiswinkel. David Bastos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermínio Bomba in the 62nd minute of the match. When Valadas's Nuno Cunha in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AM United's goalie prevented a goal. David Bastos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hermínio Bomba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in AM United's zone, Hermínio Bomba stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Bastos came out of the goal and Hermínio Bomba tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 77th minute, Teodoro Freire got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. AM United's David Bastos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermínio Bomba in the 80th minute of play. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by AM United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hermínio Bomba was slow to take the kick. During this time Valadas's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Hermínio Bomba got away a dangerous shot. Despite this David Bastos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 86th minute, Angelo Pessoa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AM United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3. In the 89th minute Valadas were awarded a corner. Hermínio Bomba went to the cornerflag to take it.