Friendly League

Monumental Tricolor
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Nacional's Luciano Inverso suffered a concussion after 4 minutes and had to leave the field. Frédson Passos's late challenge caught a Nacional's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frédson Passos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 5th match minute, OTTO FC - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frédson Passos to maneuver through the defense. 6 minutes into the match, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Romulo Viator reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th minute Nacional were awarded a corner. Xu Sha went to the cornerflag to take it. Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Romulo Viator in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Grabiel Escorcia took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Romulo Viator. Romulo Viator dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 11th match minute, OTTO FC - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frédson Passos to maneuver through the defense. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Su Shu Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18thth minute of the game Grabiel Escorcia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Romulo Viator was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Su Shu Zhen got free with Juaneizu Merida in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 25th minute, Joseph Gayoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grabiel Escorcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Romulo Viator took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grabiel Escorcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Su Shu Zhen in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nacional's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lenílson Nascimento was slow to take the kick. During this time OTTO FC - FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. The corner led OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Lenílson Nascimento to fire away a dangerous shot which Juaneizu Merida despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Kaká Carneiro came free with the goalkeeper in the 32nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Juaneizu Merida could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Su Shu Zhen in the 35th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36 minutes Nacional's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lenílson Nascimento who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Gonçalo Vargas managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Romulo Viator made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 40th minute of play. After a rather tough play, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Joel De Rijck got a free kick in the 45th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Joseph Gayoso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Kaká Carneiro came free, but Juaneizu Merida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Su Shu Zhen in the 80th minute of the match. A collision led to OTTO FC - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Ren Xiang Xun hit a great ball. 82 minutes into the game, Grabiel Escorcia lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Romulo Viator. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Su Shu Zhen in the 86th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the game, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Su Shu Zhen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Juaneizu Merida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3.