Friendly League

Estadio Calamar
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Victorino Sandalio took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 9th minute Joaquim de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmond Verdun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorino Sandalio in the 13th minute of play. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save VB-Team from getting a goal against them. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorino Sandalio, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Errecaborda AFC's corner Pastor Ado fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Armindo Salgado quite easily take care of the ball. 23 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when VB-Team's Luís Caeiro fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Shao Kun Yuan hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Isidro Gines. In the 33rd minute, Pastor Ado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmond Verdun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 34th minute of the match. VB-Team's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Álvaro Rezende in the 35th minute. VB-Team's Álvaro Rezende was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Edmond Verdun in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With 37 minutes on the clock, Álvaro Rezende commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When Pastor Ado came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Errecaborda AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pastor Ado couldn't finish the play. Luís Caeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmond Verdun having to interfere. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidro Gines in the 41st minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pastor Ado. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Sandro Leitão's late challenge caught a Errecaborda AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sandro Leitão helped the player get up and apologised. After 56 played minutes VB-Team got a freekick which was hit by Sandro Leitão. After 57 played minutes, Errecaborda AFC's Pastor Ado shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Armindo Salgado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Errecaborda AFC reached it. Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Errecaborda AFC from getting a goal against them. After taking down the ball on VB-Team's corner Enzo Pellecchia fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edmond Verdun quite easily take care of the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Luís Caeiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmond Verdun. Errecaborda AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luís Caeiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. VB-Team made a substitution. Yu Ke Hong replaced Sandro Leitão. Edmond Verdun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Caeiro in the 65th minute of play. Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Errecaborda AFC from getting a goal against them. VB-Team were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after Errecaborda AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Traian Hăvârneanu took the corner. The corner ended in Traian Hăvârneanu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Gines in the 71st minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Errecaborda AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Caeiro came free, but Edmond Verdun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Ado came free, but Armindo Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Isidro Gines in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armindo Salgado prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 78th minute, Shao Kun Yuan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Edmond Verdun. The goal made the score 0-2. Pastor Ado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armindo Salgado having to interfere. Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Errecaborda AFC from getting a goal against them. The Errecaborda AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching VB-Team's performance. The match ended with a win for VB-Team.