Friendly League

El Monumental
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joaquim de Barros got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Malcolm Stenman in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Armindo Salgado saved VB-Team from getting behind. Malcolm Stenman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save VB-Team from getting a goal against them. Joaquim de Barros scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Germán Luz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. César Sampaio hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when Al Horford came free, but Armindo Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ezequiel Nicholas kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Amancio Ponc hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Baron Yu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 28 minutes Deportivo Turro's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Álvaro Rezende who took care of the corner kick. Zdzislaw Maurycy 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 Germán Luz. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-2 in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qiu Sheng Bang in the 33rd minute of play forced Deportivo Turro's goalkeeper Germán Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of VB-Team booed when Deportivo Turro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Baron Yu didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim de Barros in the 35th minute of play forced Deportivo Turro's goalkeeper Germán Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armindo Salgado didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 38th minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. Deportivo Turro's Germán Luz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 47th minute of play forced Deportivo Turro's goalkeeper Germán Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

With 53 minutes on the clock, César Sampaio commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 62nd minute, Zdzislaw Maurycy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner led VB-Team's Álvaro Rezende to fire away a dangerous shot which Germán Luz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Deportivo Turro's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Luís Caeiro scored to the left of an out of position Germán Luz, making the score, 2-3. Armindo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Malcolm Stenman in the 77th minute of the match. Sandro Leitão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Germán Luz made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gervásio Severiano got free with Germán Luz in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 87 minutes into the match, VB-Team's goal looked a bit too open when Malcolm Stenman came free, but Armindo Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute, Malcolm Stenman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armindo Salgado was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the VB-Team players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.