Friendly League

Toronto Colossus
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 2nd minute, Adhemar Guedes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Claudinho Fernandes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 8 minutes, Maurinho de Mendonça mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ibirama Futebol Clube and the Toronto United players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Ibirama Futebol Clube's Claudinho Fernandes in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Toronto United's goalie prevented a goal. Ibirama Futebol Clube's Víktor Freire played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lou Walker in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lou Walker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Víktor Freire was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. After 25 minutes Ibirama Futebol Clube's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Güngör Yüce who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Gösta Enegren got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Víktor Freire quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Víktor Freire didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Toronto United's Lou Walker shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agostinho Cabral in the 38th minute of play forced Toronto United's goalkeeper Kauã Paranaense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodolfo Eleazar charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodolfo Eleazar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st match minute, Toronto United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo Eleazar to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Toronto United defense, Agostinho Cabral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kauã Paranaense. The Toronto United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kauã Paranaense should have stopped the shot. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Claudinho Fernandes made a kick off. Víktor Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lou Walker in the 56th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ibirama Futebol Clube's Maurinho de Mendonça got a free kick in the 59th minute. Víktor Freire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lou Walker in the 63rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lou Walker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Víktor Freire was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Víktor Freire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lou Walker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ibirama Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Güngör Yüce was slow to take the kick. During this time Toronto United's players had a chance to rest. In the 78th minute Toronto United were awarded a corner. Güngör Yüce went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Abraham Fitzgerald almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ibirama Futebol Clube's Víktor Freire did a great save. With a little luck, Toronto United's Kauã Paranaense got control of the ball when Marcinho Barros tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Güngör Yüce in the 85th minute of play forced Ibirama Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Víktor Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcinho Barros charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marcinho Barros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Ibirama Futebol Clube's Marcinho Barros got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Toronto United had won after a very even match.