Friendly League

Arena Danone
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Amado Leite made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Vladimir de Almeida made a precise shot to the right of Almiro Benevides. Stars Academy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 5 minutes into the match, Danone CC's goal looked a bit too open when Homero Brochado came free, but Otávio Massa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 8 played minutes Stars Academy got a freekick which was hit by Abílio Barata. The audience was convinced that Vladimir de Almeida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Almiro Benevides was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Danone CC were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Stars Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tião Esteves took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Tião Esteves got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Almiro Benevides quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 16th minute Enéas Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almiro Benevides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Homero Brochado made a precise shot to the right of Otávio Massa. Danone CC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 26 minutes into the match, Danone CC's Dito Braga sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Almiro Benevides narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 32 minutes into the match, Stars Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimir de Almeida came free, but Almiro Benevides reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júlio Pena, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After 37 played minutes Danone CC got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Pena. After 46 minutes, Hermínio Lopez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Danone CC and the Stars Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Danone CC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermínio Lopez to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vladimir de Almeida was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Stars Academy booed when Danone CC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hélio Meirelles didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexandre Infante, 53 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. In the 58th match minute, Stars Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandre Infante to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimir de Almeida in the 60th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandre Infante's late challenge caught a Danone CC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexandre Infante helped the player get up and apologised. Raul Faria's late challenge caught a Danone CC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raul Faria helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Danone CC booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Faria didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 83 played minutes Stars Academy got a freekick which was hit by Raul Faria. A collision led to Stars Academy getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Abílio Barata hit a great ball. The supporters of Stars Academy booed when Danone CC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mario Balotelli didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rd minute Júlio Pena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almiro Benevides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mario Balotelli's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Almiro Benevides read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Stars Academy's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Danone CC had won, even though Stars Academy had held more of the ball.