Friendly League

ENGENHAO
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Toninho Madureira started the match with the kick off. Alfonso Taraborrelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from İsrafil Mengü, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hugo Tabb in the 4th minute. 6 minutes into the match, ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's İsrafil Mengü sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alfonso Taraborrelli narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Waldemar da Rocha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kauan Melo struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Murilo Lopez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BOTAFOGO. After a rather tough play, ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Waldemar da Rocha got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 10th minute, Édouard Deloge left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BOTAFOGO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 16 minutes, İsrafil Mengü made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. BOTAFOGO's Alfonso Taraborrelli tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Murilo Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaanek Oese in the 21st minute of play. Jaanek Oese took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Murilo Lopez. Murilo Lopez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrick de Queiroz in the 28th minute of play forced BOTAFOGO's goalkeeper Alfonso Taraborrelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaanek Oese in the 30th minute of play forced ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's goalkeeper Murilo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31stth minute of the game İsrafil Mengü who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BOTAFOGO's Alfonso Taraborrelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 37th minute, ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Kauan Melo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 39 minutes into the match, ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's goalkeeper Murilo Lopez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kauan Melo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robinho Sampaio in the 42nd minute of play forced BOTAFOGO's goalkeeper Alfonso Taraborrelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to BOTAFOGO getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Thiago Ramalho hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. İsrafil Mengü was the one to do the kick off. Murilo Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaanek Oese in the 52nd minute of the match. 60 minutes into the game, İsrafil Mengü recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alfonso Taraborrelli. İsrafil Mengü showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. In the 63rdth minute of the game İsrafil Mengü who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BOTAFOGO's Alfonso Taraborrelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hugo Tabb in the 67th minute. Claudinei Sanches tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Alfonso Taraborrelli. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-3 in the 68th minute. The supporters of BOTAFOGO booed when ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walmir Rosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 72 minutes into the match, BOTAFOGO's goalkeeper Alfonso Taraborrelli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Patrick de Queiroz. In the 77th minute, Édouard Deloge ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Murilo Lopez was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. 80 minutes into the match, Jaanek Oese notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Murilo Lopez. Murilo Lopez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in BOTAFOGO's zone, İsrafil Mengü stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfonso Taraborrelli came out of the goal and İsrafil Mengü tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 84 minutes into the game, BOTAFOGO's Toninho Madureira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Murilo Lopez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-3. Alfonso Taraborrelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from İsrafil Mengü in the 88th minute of the match. BOTAFOGO's Alfonso Taraborrelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save BOTAFOGO from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Patrick de Queiroz managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's supporters rose to their feet, but Patrick de Queiroz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alfonso Taraborrelli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that İsrafil Mengü's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfonso Taraborrelli was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.