Friendly League

Rising Sun Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peter Santos started the match with the kick off. Zbigniew Zatorski scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Márcio de Brito, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Márcio de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbigniew Zatorski, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Peter Santos struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Raphael Dantas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Samurai Champions FC. Faustão Ramalho made in the 14th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Peter Santos immediately put the ball in play. Samurai Champions FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Peter Santos in the 16th minute. The corner ended in Peter Santos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Raphael Dantas did a great save. Raphael Dantas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Santos in the 19th minute. If Zbigniew Zatorski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 28th minute, Samurai Champions FC's Peter Santos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Raphael Dantas. Raphael Dantas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. The throw-in from Faustão Ramalho in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Pedro Luiz Dantas. Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zbigniew Zatorski in the 34th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zbigniew Zatorski came free, but Márcio de Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Zbigniew Zatorski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Márcio de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- got a corner. Samurai Champions FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mauro Quirino ran over to the corner to take the kick. 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.

Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Simo Mihklisaar was substituted for Zbigniew Zatorski. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Tony Thanos was substituted for Mauro Quirino. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Simo Mihklisaar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Márcio de Brito managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Emiliano Toribio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Samurai Champions FC's Alfredo Di Cintio was substituted for Amílton Cordeiro. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Samurai Champions FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dobromir Malewicki was slow to take the kick. During this time Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Dobromir Malewicki almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito did a great save. The audience was convinced that Cido Recife's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raphael Dantas was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Simo Mihklisaar in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Márcio de Brito prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Márcio de Brito made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tony Thanos in the 76th minute. Tony Thanos in the 79thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Márcio de Brito, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- made a substitution. Giovani Luz replaced Laerte Romero. In the 82nd match minute, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tim-Florian T. Hansen to maneuver through the defense. 84 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's Cido Recife sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Raphael Dantas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 88 played minutes Samurai Champions FC got a freekick which was hit by D.J. 杨广. Thanks to some nice moves Tony Thanos could shoot a difficult shot in the 89th minute, which Márcio de Brito however easily saved by the left post. In the 92nd minute, D.J. 杨广 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Márcio de Brito came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Tony Thanos. But to his dismay, Tony Thanos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.