Friendly League

Springfield Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dieguinho Massa got the match started through his kick off. In the 8thth minute of the game Dieguinho Massa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Karamba's Giannis Gounaris was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to TRICOSHOW F.CLUB getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Hudson Chaves hit a great ball. Benas Liulys kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. After 17 played minutes FC Karamba got a freekick which was hit by Arnas Navakas. 23 minutes into the match, Dieguinho Massa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giannis Gounaris. FC Karamba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dieguinho Massa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Afonsinho Duarte's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giannis Gounaris read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. 27 minutes into the game, Dieguinho Massa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Giannis Gounaris was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dieguinho Massa in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Giannis Gounaris prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 32 minutes into the match, FC Karamba's goal looked a bit too open when Dieguinho Massa came free, but Giannis Gounaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Benas Liulys came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the FC Karamba fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Benas Liulys couldn't finish the play. Giannis Gounaris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dieguinho Massa, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Nelsinho Xavier kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's Vicente Lara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save TRICOSHOW F.CLUB from getting a goal against them. Ramūnas Balčiūnas charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ramūnas Balčiūnas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Karamba getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Ramūnas Balčiūnas hit a great ball. Giannis Gounaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Guerra in the 46th minute of the match. It was a well-played corner which Germano Custódio managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Klemensas Makauskas to make the kick off. Dieguinho Massa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Giannis Gounaris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dieguinho Massas short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Giannis Gounaris to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Afonsinho Duarte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Gounaris having to interfere. Giannis Gounaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dieguinho Massa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giannis Gounaris made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Dieguinho Massa sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute of the match, Dieguinho Massa tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Giannis Gounaris saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Giannis Gounaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Allan Guerra in the 67th minute of play. In the 70th play minute Dieguinho Massa came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Giannis Gounaris. 0-4. Allan Guerra was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 72nd minute. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eddi Ramkilde in the 78th minute of play forced TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's goalkeeper Vicente Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Allan Guerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Gounaris having to interfere. In the 82nd minute Eddi Ramkilde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Lara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dieguinho Massas short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Giannis Gounaris to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Germano Custódio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.