Friendly League

Arena Saikô
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eliseu Fonseca took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mateus Catarinense hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 10 minutes of play, PIMENTEL F.C.'s Damaso Osmundo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zé Sabóia was left in no man's land by his defense there! PIMENTEL F.C.'s Yuri da Fonseca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save PIMENTEL F.C. from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, PIMENTEL F.C.'s Olívio Tepedino got a free kick in the 15th minute. Guillermo Ignazio tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Yuri da Fonseca. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-1 in the 18th minute. Zé Sabóia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeu Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Saiko FC's Eliseu Fonseca got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sergios Ramos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 29th minute Saiko FC were awarded a corner. Walmir Garcia went to the cornerflag to take it. Zé Sabóia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sergios Ramos's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Gabriel Bati could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Yuri da Fonseca made a huge save. PIMENTEL F.C.'s Yuri da Fonseca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Bati in the 38th minute of play. Saiko FC's Zé Sabóia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergios Ramos in the 43rd minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, 何希梁 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zé Sabóia. Saiko FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 何希梁 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sergios Ramos was the one to do the kick off. Yuri da Fonseca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walmir Garcia in the 53rd minute of play. Eliseu Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuri da Fonseca having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sergios Ramos got free with Zé Sabóia in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Walmir Garcia charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Walmir Garcia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of PIMENTEL F.C. booed when Saiko FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walmir Garcia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Josué Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuri da Fonseca having to interfere. After 65 played minutes Saiko FC got a freekick which was hit by Dadá Vander. After 68 minutes, Sergios Ramos made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Saiko FC's Zé Sabóia tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Walmir Garcia kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 78 minutes into the match, PIMENTEL F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Walmir Garcia came free, but Yuri da Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. PIMENTEL F.C.'s Yuri da Fonseca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseu Fonseca in the 79th minute of play. 何希梁s short, quick shot in the 92ndth minute got Zé Sabóia to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the match was over PIMENTEL F.C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Saiko FC throughout the match.