Friendly League

São Januário.
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Diamond Football Club's Renato Penha 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. 4 minutes into the game, Primatas FC's Mai Bin Kuan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rui Peixoto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After 7 played minutes Diamond Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Fábio Vianna. Rui Peixoto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mai Bin Kuan's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Renato Penha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Diamond Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Renato Penha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michel Čech breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mai Bin Kuan might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rui Peixoto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mai Bin Kuan ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 19th minute Mai Bin Kuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Peixoto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacobo Argi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rui Peixoto came out and tried to block the shot, but Jacobo Argi slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 20th minute. Rui Peixoto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacobo Argi, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The audience was convinced that Mai Bin Kuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rui Peixoto was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Primatas FC's Mai Bin Kuan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rui Peixoto. That made the score 3-0 after 30 minutes of play. 34 minutes into the match, Diamond Football Club's goalkeeper Rui Peixoto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mai Bin Kuan. In the 35th minute, Jacobo Argi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rui Peixoto was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in Diamond Football Club's zone, Mai Bin Kuan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rui Peixoto came out of the goal and Mai Bin Kuan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 44 minutes into the match, Diamond Football Club's goalkeeper Rui Peixoto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mai Bin Kuan. Diamond Football Club's Rui Peixoto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Diamond Football Club from getting a goal against them. In the 48thth minute of the game Mai Bin Kuan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Diamond Football Club's Rui Peixoto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mai Bin Kuan to strike the kick off in the second half. Rui Peixoto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacobo Argi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Jacobo Argi put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Rui Peixoto. Diamond Football Club's Rui Peixoto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mai Bin Kuan in the 57th minute of play. Primatas FC made a substitution. Shao Zheng replaced Emílio Lendaa. Primatas FC's Jacobo Argi got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rui Peixoto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mai Bin Kuan went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mai Bin Kuan in the 74th minute of play forced Diamond Football Club's goalkeeper Rui Peixoto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th match minute, Primatas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shao Zheng to maneuver through the defense. Rui Peixoto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacobo Argi, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. The supporters of Diamond Football Club booed when Primatas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shao Zheng didn't get a good kick on the ball. Diamond Football Club's Rui Peixoto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacobo Argi in the 91st minute of play. Jacobo Argi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Peixoto having to interfere. 94 minutes into the match, Primatas FC's Mai Bin Kuan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rui Peixoto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. There was no doubt that Primatas FC were the better team. Primatas FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.