Friendly League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Neil Mar got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Nano Mitrashkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, Paolo Rossi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Luís Fernandez. Marzagão's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paolo Rossi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. If Paolo Rossi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Gonzo Ivanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Luís Fernandez was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 13th minute, Caco Donato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 14 minutes into the match, DARAS's Volodya Biradzhiev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Luís Fernandez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 17 minutes into the match, Marzagão's goalkeeper Pedro Luís Fernandez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gonzo Ivanov. Paolo Rossi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Pedro Luís Fernandez skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Paolo Rossi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Pedro Luís Fernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gonzo Ivanov in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Luís Fernandez saved Marzagão from getting behind. Paolo Rossi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Pedro Luís Fernandez made a huge save. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Marzagão's goalkeeper Pedro Luís Fernandez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pedro Luís Fernandez came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by DARAS's Gonzo Ivanov. But to his dismay, Gonzo Ivanov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 39th minute Gonzo Ivanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luís Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 44 minutes, Alberto Prado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marzagão and the DARAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 44 played minutes Marzagão got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Prado. Pedro Luís Fernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonzo Ivanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Marzagão's Remo Borges was substituted for Válbson Fernandes. Marzagão's Gilberto Saraiva was substituted for Fabiano de Queiroz. Gonzo Ivanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Pedro Luís Fernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gonzo Ivanov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 63rd minute of the game Cleiton Paulista made a throw-in which Remo Borges played forward. In the 65th minute, Paolo Rossi 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. Marzagão's Pedro Luís Fernandez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzo Ivanov in the 67th minute of play. Gonzo Ivanov took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Luís Fernandez. Pedro Luís Fernandez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Pedro Luís Fernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paolo Rossi, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Paolo Rossi scored 5-0 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Luís Fernandez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cleiton Paulista made in the 86th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Remo Borges immediately put the ball in play. In the 88th minute, Gonzo Ivanov made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Luís Fernandez. Marzagão's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Pedro Luís Fernandez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Svetoslav Hrulev went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Pedro Luís Fernandez came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by DARAS's Gonzo Ivanov. But to his dismay, Gonzo Ivanov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. DARAS had played much better football throughout.