Friendly League

Rene Houseman
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Valdemar de Moraes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nereo Guipuzkoa got free with Ismael Nazario Serre in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 7 minutes into the match, Papunhas EC's goalkeeper Ismael Nazario Serre had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nereo Guipuzkoa. In the 8th minute of the match Tranquilate got a corner. Papunhas EC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jonatan Colon ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jonatan Colon made a great header on Tranquilate's corner, it was just that Papunhas EC's Ismael Nazario Serre managed to reach the ball for a save. Tranquilate's Pablo Lizzio was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 9th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After 13 played minutes Papunhas EC got a freekick which was hit by Christian Baiano. Tranquilate's Pablo Lizzio got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jeronimo Lizar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Baiano in the 15th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Tranquilate defense, Valdemar de Moraes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jeronimo Lizar. The Tranquilate fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jeronimo Lizar should have stopped the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 21 minutes, Ismael Nazario Serre successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Jeronimo Lizar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdemar de Moraes in the 29th minute of the match. Nereo Guipuzkoa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ismael Nazario Serre read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Pablo Lizzio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Ismael Nazario Serre made a huge save. After 38 played minutes Papunhas EC got a freekick which was hit by Valdemar de Moraes. After a rather tough play, Papunhas EC's Telmo Peres got a free kick in the 41st minute. Ismael Nazario Serre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonatan Colon in the 44th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nereo Guipuzkoa to make the kick off. Ismael Nazario Serre didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pablo Lizzio went, in the 50th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Ismael Nazario Serre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pablo Lizzio in the 54th minute of play. After 55 minutes, Nereo Guipuzkoa made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Papunhas EC's Ismael Nazario Serre tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Lizzio in the 59th minute of play forced Papunhas EC's goalkeeper Ismael Nazario Serre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Nazario Serre showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Lizzio, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 64thth minute of the game Pablo Lizzio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Papunhas EC's Ismael Nazario Serre was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vítor Sampaio hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute of the match Jonatan Colon sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ismael Nazario Serre skillfully saved the ball. Jeronimo Lizar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar de Moraes in the 67th minute of play. Papunhas EC's Ismael Nazario Serre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pablo Lizzio in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Nereo Guipuzkoa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ismael Nazario Serre was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. After a rather tough play, Papunhas EC's Valdemar de Moraes got a free kick in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Nereo Guipuzkoa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ismael Nazario Serre was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 84th minute Pablo Lizzio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Nazario Serre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Tranquilate's Pablo Lizzio in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Papunhas EC's goalie prevented a goal. Tranquilate walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.