Friendly League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The supporters of AF CERRADO booed when Marquês de Herval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenzo Mendebal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Marquês de Herval from getting a goal against them. Dida Taffarel had great luck who in the 16thth minute grab hold of the ball when Toninho Moreira from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Marquês de Herval's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Pombal was slow to take the kick. During this time AF CERRADO's players had a chance to rest. Nestor Hermes hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antônio Carlos Bueno in the 24th minute of play. In the 27th minute, Alfredo Martins ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arlindo Guedes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 30th minute, Antônio Carlos Bueno had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Gao Xiang Guang charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gao Xiang Guang the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Pombal in the 32nd minute of play. After having played for 38 minutes, Nestor Paraibano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marquês de Herval's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nestor Paraibano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Murilo Lucas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dida Taffarel having to interfere. Nestor Paraibano might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arlindo Guedes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nestor Paraibano ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 43rd match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moussa Kabre to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the AF CERRADO defense, Alfredo Martins kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arlindo Guedes. The AF CERRADO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arlindo Guedes should have stopped the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elano Tande stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. AF CERRADO's Arlindo Guedes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save AF CERRADO from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murilo Lucas in the 58th minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the match, AF CERRADO's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Martins came free, but Arlindo Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. German Cano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arlindo Guedes having to interfere. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murilo Lucas in the 62nd minute of the match. Nestor Paraibano kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Alfredo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arlindo Guedes was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Arlindo Guedes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Cano, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 69thth minute of the game Thiago Damião who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AF CERRADO made a substitution. Dennis Contaldi replaced Róbson Bittencourt. In the 79th minute of the match AF CERRADO got a corner. Marquês de Herval's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jaime Pombal ran over to the corner to take the kick. AF CERRADO's Jaime Pombal was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dida Taffarel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, AF CERRADO's Nestor Hermes got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Alfredo Martins managed to get in a good position for a shot. Marquês de Herval's supporters rose to their feet, but Alfredo Martins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arlindo Guedes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when AF CERRADO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Lopez didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when AF CERRADO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Smits didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thiago Damião in the 92nd minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Marquês de Herval walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.