Friendly League

Mineirão
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kaká Leal got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to SE Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Marcelinho Amorim hit a great ball. Paulão Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Barnaba Kilarski in the 5th minute of play. JS 22's Jairo Elixio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save JS 22 from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnulfo Tancredo in the 11th minute of play forced SE Palestra Itália's goalkeeper Paulão Penha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulão Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darío Cvitanich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute Barnaba Kilarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulão Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Acar Buğrahan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jairo Elixio came out and tried to block the shot, but Acar Buğrahan slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 22nd minute. After a rather tough play, SE Palestra Itália's Marcelinho Amorim got a free kick in the 25th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Arnulfo Tancredo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paulão Penha. SE Palestra Itália's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arnulfo Tancredo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Jairo Elixio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Leal, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Paulão Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barnaba Kilarski in the 31st minute of the match. In the 43rd minute, Alexandre Teixeira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th match minute, SE Palestra Itália was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Dias to maneuver through the defense. The SE Palestra Itália players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. JS 22 were winning 1-2.

The wind increased when Darío Cvitanich made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of JS 22 booed when SE Palestra Itália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Teixeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paulão Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darío Cvitanich in the 56th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Darío Cvitanich got free with Paulão Penha in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darío Cvitanich in the 59th minute of play forced SE Palestra Itália's goalkeeper Paulão Penha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th match minute, JS 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnulfo Tancredo to maneuver through the defense. Paulão Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darío Cvitanich in the 70th minute of play. SE Palestra Itália's Paulão Penha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darío Cvitanich in the 72nd minute of play. A collision led to SE Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Marcelinho Amorim hit a great ball. In the 75th minute Acar Buğrahan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jairo Elixio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, SE Palestra Itália's Kaká Leal got a free kick in the 77th minute. JS 22's Darío Cvitanich got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of JS 22 booed when SE Palestra Itália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Teixeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexandre Teixeira hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Alexandre Teixeira hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. When JS 22's Darío Cvitanich in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SE Palestra Itália's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute Darío Cvitanich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulão Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Darío Cvitanich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulão Penha was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. JS 22'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.