Friendly League

Arena 26 de Dezembro
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristo Piorno took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Cristo Piorno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edgar Sabóia. Braga Junior FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristo Piorno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Braga Junior FC's Edgar Sabóia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudio Furtado in the 5th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Cristo Piorno 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. The throw-in from Mauro Llin in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Braga Junior FC's Bruninho Nascimento. In the 15th minute, Braga Junior FC's Lucas Faria dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After some careless play in the Braga Junior FC defense, Claudio Echeverri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgar Sabóia. The Braga Junior FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgar Sabóia should have stopped the shot. 28 minutes into the match, Claudio Echeverri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edgar Sabóia. Braga Junior FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudio Echeverri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. 31 minutes into the game, Fernandinho Veiga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Braga Junior FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Invisible the free kick. Edgar Sabóia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristo Piorno, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. During the 37th minute of the match Fernandinho Veiga completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Fernandinho Veiga a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 37 played minutes Braga Junior FC got a freekick which was hit by Fernandinho Veiga. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Echeverri in the 38th minute of play forced Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper Edgar Sabóia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 43 minutes into the game, when Duda Oliveira put in a rough tackle. In the 42nd minute, one of Braga Junior FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Braga Junior FC. Melchor Lugo placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! In the 49th minute Cristo Piorno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgar Sabóia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Braga Junior FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Invisible were winning 1-3.

The wind increased when Dráuzio de Castro made the kick off in the second half. Invisible's Claudio Echeverri got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Silverio Colon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Edgar Sabóia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper Edgar Sabóia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristo Piorno. Bruninho Nascimento kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Artur Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. After 71 minutes of play, Invisible's Cristo Piorno made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edgar Sabóia was left in no man's land by his defense there! 74 minutes into the match, Claudio Furtado dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Edgar Sabóia, 1-5. Edgar Sabóia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Echeverri in the 79th minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper Edgar Sabóia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristo Piorno. In the 83rd minute, Claudio Furtado made a precise shot to the right of Edgar Sabóia. Braga Junior FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-6. 90 minutes into the match, Claudio Furtado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edgar Sabóia. Braga Junior FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudio Furtado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-7. Edgar Sabóia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Echeverri in the 95th minute of play. Invisible's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.