Friendly League

Estádio Verdes
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arlindo Lima kicked off to start the match. 11 minutes into the game, Arlindo Lima recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jackie Lambert. Arlindo Lima showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. When Vágner Porto fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Verdes SS's protests and gave Vágner Porto a yellow card for diving instead. Vágner Porto hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 17th minute, Terrell Burnett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute of the match Magno Prado sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jackie Lambert skillfully saved the ball. Raí Carvalho, 22 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. When Terrell Burnett came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the FlashBobcat 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 Terrell Burnett couldn't finish the play. If Santos Blum had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vágner Porto hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Trenton Tremblay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vivaldo Motta having to interfere. If Trenton Tremblay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arlindo Lima in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jackie Lambert saved FlashBobcat from getting behind. Caetano Cerezo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Jackie Lambert made a huge save. 46 minutes into the match, Caetano Cerezo notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of FlashBobcat's Jackie Lambert. Jackie Lambert was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Taylor Head made the kick off in the second half. FlashBobcat's Williams Atwood shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 53rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Vivaldo Motta but with some difficulty. In the 54th minute, João Silveira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jackie Lambert was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. FlashBobcat's Terrell Burnett got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jackie Lambert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caetano Cerezo in the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Verdes SS's goalkeeper Vivaldo Motta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trenton Tremblay. Taylor Head did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-2 to the left of a surprised Vivaldo Motta 69 minutes into the match. If Taylor Head had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Caetano Cerezo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute, Santos Blum 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. After a defensive mix-up in Verdes SS's zone, Terrell Burnett stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vivaldo Motta came out of the goal and Terrell Burnett tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vivaldo Motta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ricky Kiser went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. In the 95th minute, Terrell Burnett 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. When the referee blew the final whistle, Verdes SS could leave the field as winners, despite FlashBobcat having more of the ball for most of the match.