Friendly League

Barao da Serra Negra
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ's Vivaldo Barros seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Vivaldo Barros the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Vivaldo Barros had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Vivaldo Barros hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xu Ping Song got free with Lúcio Miranda in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 6th minute XV de Piracicaba were awarded a corner. Wen Yong Sha went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Décio Salgado in the 10th minute of play forced XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Michel Pernambucano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Haruna Hassan got free with Lúcio Miranda in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 14th minute, Marcinho Loureiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juninho Payet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lúcio Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fábio Montoia, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Décio Salgado hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After 20 minutes, Haruna Hassan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the XV de Piracicaba and the Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 20th minute, Haruna Hassan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haruna Hassan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 26thth minute, Lúcio Miranda skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Eugênio Leme hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Luís Quintal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Pernambucano having to interfere. Michel Pernambucano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Décio Salgado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juninho Payet's late challenge caught a XV de Piracicaba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juninho Payet helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of XV de Piracicaba booed when Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juninho Payet didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 47 played minutes Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ got a freekick which was hit by Lucio Elazar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Décio Salgado in the 52nd minute of play forced XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Michel Pernambucano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haruna Hassan in the 53rd minute of play forced Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Lúcio Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th match minute, Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilson Valadares to maneuver through the defense. Gonzalo Jurdan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lúcio Miranda having to interfere. In the 60th match minute, Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juninho Payet to maneuver through the defense. Lúcio Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haruna Hassan in the 61st minute of the match. With a little luck, XV de Piracicaba's Michel Pernambucano got control of the ball when Luís Quintal tried to sneak it across the goal line. Haruna Hassan hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. After 88 minutes, Marcinho Loureiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the XV de Piracicaba and the Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marcinho Loureiro hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Murillo Pitta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Pernambucano was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Válter Machado in the 98th minute. The corner ended in Válter Machado almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but XV de Piracicaba's Michel Pernambucano did a great save. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.