Friendly League

Ligga Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Harold Tronconi kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Fernando Guedes came free, but Rodriguinho Sousa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 minutes Grêmio RK75'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. In the 19th minute ATHLETICO PRaiano were awarded a corner. Betão Marquez went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Gu Zhan Cheng heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Harold Tronconi took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rodriguinho Sousa. Rodriguinho Sousa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 31stth minute of the game Harold Tronconi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ATHLETICO PRaiano's Rodriguinho Sousa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Deilmison van Basten's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, João Francisco Tinoco skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 34 minutes into the game, Harold Tronconi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Rodriguinho Sousa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Grêmio RK75 booed when ATHLETICO PRaiano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaétan Govou didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harold Tronconi in the 42nd minute of play forced ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Sousa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Grêmio RK75 were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Deilmison van Basten to make the kick off. João Francisco Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitor Beckenbauer, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. ATHLETICO PRaiano's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Betão Marquez in the 53rd minute. 58 minutes into the game, Deilmison van Basten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. João Francisco Tinoco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Ralf Albäck was substituted for Unax Mudarra. Grêmio RK75's João Francisco Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ralf Albäck in the 64th minute of play. Ralf Albäck scored 2-2 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of João Francisco Tinoco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Carlos Fernando Guedes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Rodriguinho Sousa made a huge save. Gu Zhan Cheng made in the 85th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Heitor Maldini immediately put the ball in play. 87 minutes into the match, Ralf Albäck notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Grêmio RK75's João Francisco Tinoco. João Francisco Tinoco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 94th minute Ralf Albäck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Francisco Tinoco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The ATHLETICO PRaiano fans' excitement grew in the 95th match minute when ATHLETICO PRaiano's Ralf Albäck looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. ATHLETICO PRaiano's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.