Friendly League

Arrifana
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dércio Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hu Jian Yi, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Arrifana FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mihály Pulai in the 7th minute. The corner led Arrifana FC's Mihály Pulai to fire away a dangerous shot which Dércio Amaral despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Mihály Pulai fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arrifana FC's protests and gave Mihály Pulai a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Arrifana FC's Mihály Pulai got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 16th minute, Hu Jian Yi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dércio Amaral was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Vaz FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Amos Bellomo 21 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. 25 minutes into the match, Vaz FC's goal looked a bit too open when Amos Bellomo came free, but Dércio Amaral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Vaz FC booed when Arrifana FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amos Bellomo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arrifana FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomé Figueiras was slow to take the kick. During this time Vaz FC's players had a chance to rest. After 33 minutes Arrifana FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomé Figueiras who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Vaz FC's Tomé Figueiras to fire away a dangerous shot which Hélio Póvoas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Arrifana FC were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Vaz FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mihály Pulai took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Vaz FC's goalie and right to Hu Jian Yi. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Vaz FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. With a little luck, Vaz FC's Dércio Amaral got control of the ball when Hu Jian Yi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dércio Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amos Bellomo, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 45th minute, Amos Bellomo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arrifana FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amos Bellomo to make the kick off. Dércio Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amos Bellomo in the 51st minute of play. Dércio Amaral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amos Bellomo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Arrifana FC's Sidónio Paixão got a free kick in the 54th minute. After 56 played minutes, Vaz FC's António Barcelos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hélio Póvoas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Vaz FC reached it. In the 60th minute Sidónio Paixão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dércio Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dércio Amaral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amos Bellomo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64thth minute of the game Amos Bellomo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vaz FC's Dércio Amaral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Toni Huarte hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Mourinho in the 75th minute of play forced Arrifana FC's goalkeeper Hélio Póvoas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hélio Póvoas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikolaj Cichewski in the 80th minute. The audience was convinced that Amos Bellomo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dércio Amaral was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Hu Jian Yi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Vilalobos hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Teodor Cercel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélio Póvoas having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Plácido Saraiva mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arrifana FC and the Vaz FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th minute, Plácido Saraiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arrifana FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.