Friendly League

Espigão Steamrollers
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roneixon Siqueira. Roneixon Siqueira's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, David Seaman skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 6 minutes in the game Arcan Siralp did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Raphael Cunha. Gonçalo de Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raphael Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Junior in the 12th minute of play forced Espigão Steamrollers's goalkeeper Gonçalo de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Espigão Steamrollers's Kara Bhattacharya got a free kick in the 15th minute. In the 19th minute, Raphael Cunha got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. David Seaman made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Roneixon Siqueira sent off a good shot on target. Gonçalo de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raphael Cunha in the 46th minute of the match. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aníbal Alagoano to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Espigão Steamrollers's Roneixon Siqueira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that David Seaman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A well-hit corner resulted in Kara Bhattacharya heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. David Seaman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roneixon Siqueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute of the match Espigão Steamrollers got a corner. Jenipapo SC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Oswaldo Nascimento ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Oswaldo Nascimento got away a dangerous shot. Despite this David Seaman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 63 played minutes Jenipapo SC got a freekick which was hit by Vinicio Junior. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aníbal Alagoano got free with Gonçalo de Medeiros in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Espigão Steamrollers's Gonçalo de Medeiros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Espigão Steamrollers from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Maurício Arósio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jenipapo SC's supporters rose to their feet, but Maurício Arósio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gonçalo de Medeiros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Espigão Steamrollers made a substitution. Yuri Paranaense replaced Roneixon Siqueira. David Seaman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuri Paranaense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes in the game Arcan Siralp did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Zé Carlos Monteiro. Gonçalo de Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vinicio Junior, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.