Friendly League

Darcy Ribeiro
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Lucas Amorim made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Zeca Siqueira got a free kick in the 7th minute. Zeca Siqueira charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zeca Siqueira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Zeca Siqueira got a free kick in the 9th minute. After some careless play in the RÖK defense, Alix Vance kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yan Pirani. The RÖK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yan Pirani should have stopped the shot. After having played for 14 minutes, Alix Vance managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Clube Audax Metropolitano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alix Vance was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alix Vance struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Yan Pirani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Clube Audax Metropolitano. In the 19th minute, Adriano Fernandez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alfredão Loyola might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yan Pirani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alfredão Loyola ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 22nd minute Lucas Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Donatello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute, Alix Vance 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. RÖK's Lucas Amorim got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. João Vítor Loyola recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 33 minutes into the game, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Alix Vance nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yan Pirani made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. When Alix Vance came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Clube Audax Metropolitano 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 Alix Vance couldn't finish the play. Zeca Siqueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Yan Pirani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Miguel Fontes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Yan Pirani made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alix Vance in the 43rd minute of play forced RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Alix Vance took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Yan Pirani to make any attempt to save it. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alix Vance stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Alix Vance came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Clube Audax Metropolitano 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 Alix Vance couldn't finish the play. Yan Pirani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alix Vance, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Zeca Siqueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juninho Souto hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. When Zeca Siqueira came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Clube Audax Metropolitano 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 Zeca Siqueira couldn't finish the play. In the 84th minute, Juninho Souto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Gerber in the 86th minute of the match. Yan Pirani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alix Vance, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Clube Audax Metropolitano's Juan Gerber got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There was no doubt that Clube Audax Metropolitano were the better team. Clube Audax Metropolitano's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.