Friendly League

Arena Uruguai
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Montevideo's Ronaldo Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 7th minute of play. Ronaldo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deilmison van Basten in the 7th minute of the match. Ronaldo Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ralf Albäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Fernandão Recife had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ronaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deilmison van Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Ralf Albäck had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronaldo Medeiros. Montevideo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ralf Albäck was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ronaldo Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deilmison van Basten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Albäck in the 16th minute of play forced Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 minutes Montevideo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Betão Marquez who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on ATHLETICO PRaiano's corner Betão Marquez fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ronaldo Medeiros quite easily take care of the ball. 21 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Sousa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luisito Antequera. Rodriguinho Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisito Antequera in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denílson Magalhães in the 28th minute of play forced Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodriguinho Sousa was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Fernandão Recife capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fernandão Recife really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Rodriguinho Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luisito Antequera, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by ATHLETICO PRaiano's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wilson Fernandez was slow to take the kick. During this time Montevideo's players had a chance to rest. Zeca de Alcântara hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After having played for 44 minutes, Betão Marquez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ATHLETICO PRaiano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Betão Marquez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ronaldo Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralf Albäck in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ralf Albäck was the one to do the kick off. ATHLETICO PRaiano made a substitution. Heitor Maldini replaced Betão Marquez. In the 59th minute, Deilmison van Basten 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 62nd minute of play forced Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodriguinho Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisito Antequera in the 65th minute of play. Vilhelm Skoog in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ronaldo Medeiros, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rodriguinho Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luisito Antequera, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. With a little luck, Montevideo's Ronaldo Medeiros got control of the ball when Vilhelm Skoog tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Antequera in the 90th minute of play forced ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Sousa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Deilmison van Basten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronaldo Medeiros. Montevideo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deilmison van Basten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The ATHLETICO PRaiano players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.