Friendly League

Estádio Mulunguzinho
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yu Yang Sang made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Beto Heidemann came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beto Heidemann in the 12th minute of play forced MONTANHA's goalkeeper Andres van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Éder Madureira came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benedito Trigo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wei Guang Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andres van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Éder Madureira, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 20th play minute Éder Madureira came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Andres van der Sar. 1-0. 27 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Beto Heidemann came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Sagarana Clube booed when MONTANHA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dinei Montenegro didn't get a good kick on the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Sagarana Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso Cardozo came free, but Benedito Trigo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Yu Yang Sang fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sagarana Clube's protests and gave Yu Yang Sang a yellow card for diving instead. In the 35th minute, Yu Yang Sang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Éder Madureira got free with Andres van der Sar in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 40th minute Éder Madureira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andres van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Wei Guang Xing made the kick off in the second half. Andres van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benê Hoffmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Andres van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Éder Madureira in the 52nd minute of the match. Andres van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Heidemann in the 54th minute of the match. Afonso Cardozo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Benedito Trigo made a huge save. Wei Guang Xing scored 1-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benedito Trigo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 62 minutes of play, MONTANHA's Afonso Cardozo made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benedito Trigo was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Wei Guang Xing came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the MONTANHA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wei Guang Xing couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafim Barros in the 89th minute of play forced MONTANHA's goalkeeper Andres van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andres van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serafim Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The audience was convinced that Wei Guang Xing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benedito Trigo was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The Sagarana Clube supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching MONTANHA's performance. The match ended with a win for MONTANHA.