Friendly League

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when José Sand got the match started through his kick off. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinu Ivănescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinu Ivănescu in the 6th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Dinu Ivănescu notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres. Nilson Peres was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 8 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Tino came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emiliano Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Feliksas Fenichev hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Despidida AFC's goalkeeper Fernando Selatse, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fernando Selatse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Sand in the 25th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fernando Selatse made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After 32 minutes of play, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Selatse was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fernando Selatse came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand. But to his dismay, José Sand quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinu Ivănescu in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emiliano Velasco to make the kick off. After 59 played minutes Despidida AFC got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Lucila. Despidida AFC made a substitution. Kajetan Gdowik replaced Pastor Tino. Despidida AFC made a substitution. Alvaro Raymond replaced Emiliano Velasco. A collision led to Despidida AFC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Emanuel Lucila hit a great ball. Fernando Selatse took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Sand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, Despidida AFC's goal looked a bit too open when José Sand came free, but Fernando Selatse reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Despidida AFC's goalkeeper Fernando Selatse, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. ITAFUT 4EVER's Sidney Bertassi was substituted for Evelio Rico. ITAFUT 4EVER's Boguslaw Tarasek was substituted for João Vítor Porto. ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio was substituted for José Sand. Fernando Selatse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jardel Baggio, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The audience was convinced that Boguslaw Tarasek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernando Selatse was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Raymond, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ITAFUT 4EVER were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Despidida AFC for a fine match.