Friendly League

OldHighbury
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Christian Petrocchi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Christian Petrocchi was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 12th minute. OldHighburyInvincibles's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. André Onana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Paulo Esteves, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. André Onana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Paulo Esteves, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the match, OldHighburyInvincibles's goal looked a bit too open when Kauã Lira came free, but André Onana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 17 played minutes OldHighburyInvincibles got a freekick which was hit by Aurelio Ferrante. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Amos Arcangeli during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Amos Arcangeli hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Kauã Lira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Onana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Futbol Club RRFV getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Dedê Freire hit a great ball. Hamílton Simão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Petrocchi in the 27th minute of the match. Dida da Cunha hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Zé Paulo Esteves charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zé Paulo Esteves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of OldHighburyInvincibles booed when Futbol Club RRFV was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Paulo Esteves didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kauã Lira in the 33rd minute of play forced OldHighburyInvincibles's goalkeeper André Onana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Futbol Club RRFV's Dorival do Vale got a free kick in the 35th minute. André Onana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Rocha in the 40th minute of the match. After 44 minutes, Aurelio Ferrante mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the OldHighburyInvincibles and the Futbol Club RRFV players grew even worse after the yellow card. Aurelio Ferrante kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kauã Lira was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Amos Arcangeli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Futbol Club RRFV's Tomé Martins tried to score from far away in the 52nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dida da Cunha during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. With a little luck, OldHighburyInvincibles's André Onana got control of the ball when César Brito tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Christian Petrocchi managed to get in a good position for a shot. OldHighburyInvincibles's supporters rose to their feet, but Christian Petrocchi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hamílton Simão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. André Onana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Brito in the 70th minute of play. OldHighburyInvincibles's André Onana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Rocha in the 71st minute of play. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Amos Arcangeli got a free kick in the 71st minute. After having played for 81 minutes, Zé Paulo Esteves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Futbol Club RRFV's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zé Paulo Esteves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 84 played minutes OldHighburyInvincibles got a freekick which was hit by Edoardo Gabriele. Cosimo Tuzzolino hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Futbol Club RRFV were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.