Friendly League

Ninho do Pombo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dennis Bergkamp started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A sloppy throw-in by Bob Craft in the 2nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Agro Imortal's Valério Veiga. After 4 played minutes Pombal 2003 F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Carmelo James. Luiz Fabiano de Lima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis Bergkamp in the 6th minute of the match. Fernando Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Zieba in the 7th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Bob Craft hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Luiz Fabiano de Lima played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dennis Bergkamp in the 14th minute of play. Sebastian Ziebas short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Fernando Courtois to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 18 minutes into the match, Dennis Bergkamp had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Fabiano de Lima. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dennis Bergkamp was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 20 minutes of play, Agro Imortal's Alessandro Amorim made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luiz Fabiano de Lima was left in no man's land by his defense there! Agro Imortal's Fernando Courtois proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Agro Imortal from getting a goal against them. When Sebastian Zieba came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Pombal 2003 F.C. 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 Sebastian Zieba couldn't finish the play. 34 minutes into the game, Dennis Bergkamp cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Luiz Fabiano de Lima was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 45 played minutes Pombal 2003 F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Dalimil Kylar. Luiz Fabiano de Lima showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manoel Aguiar, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After 47 minutes Pombal 2003 F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Manoel Aguiar who took care of the corner kick. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Di Yuan Liang to strike the kick off in the second half. Alessandro Amorim took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luiz Fabiano de Lima. Luiz Fabiano de Lima dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. In the 59th minute Lautaro-Gabriel Viana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Agro Imortal were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after Pombal 2003 F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Manoel Aguiar took the corner. After 62 played minutes Manoel Aguiar shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Luiz Fabiano de Lima to catch but Manoel Aguiar was lucky. It became 0-6 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro-Gabriel Viana in the 70th minute of play forced Agro Imortal's goalkeeper Fernando Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Lautaro-Gabriel Viana got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Agro Imortal's Fernando Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Betão Peixoto in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd minute of the game Carmelo James made a throw-in which Sebastian Zieba played forward. Luiz Fabiano de Lima showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dennis Bergkamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 90 minutes in the game, Dennis Bergkamp dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dennis Bergkamp during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dennis Bergkamp kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sebastian Zieba in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fernando Courtois prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Oswaldo Bueno's late challenge caught a Pombal 2003 F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oswaldo Bueno helped the player get up and apologised. Oswaldo Bueno kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Pombal 2003 F.C. lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.