Friendly League

Estadio TAXISTAS
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Claudinho Pinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Claudinho Pinho in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Venancio Frans saved Tacheros OFF from getting behind. In the 4th minute Melquiades Atarratze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Claudinho Pinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th minute, Luis Ekialde made a precise shot to the right of Oscar Saldanha. Squadra Demarchi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 18th minute of the match, Damaso Nerio got a very nice opportunity to score, but Oscar Saldanha was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Melquiades Atarratze recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 28 minutes into the match, Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luis Ekialde. With his leg Oscar Saldanha managed to avoid a goal in the 29thth minute, when Tacheros OFF's Luis Ekialde fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Luis Ekialdes short, quick shot in the 29thth minute got Oscar Saldanha to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Pinho in the 39th minute of play forced Tacheros OFF's goalkeeper Venancio Frans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Luis Ekialde managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tacheros OFF's supporters rose to their feet, but Luis Ekialde was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oscar Saldanha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Claudinho Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Venancio Frans having to interfere. Claudinho Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Venancio Frans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luis Ekialde to make the kick off. If Claudinho Pinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kléber Queirós scored 1-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Venancio Frans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Claudinho Pinho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Venancio Frans was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Oscar Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Videl in the 60th minute of the match. The throw-in from Oscar Errando in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Squadra Demarchi's Paulinho Paraibano. Kléber Queirós in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Venancio Frans, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a defensive mix-up in Tacheros OFF's zone, Claudinho Pinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Venancio Frans came out of the goal and Claudinho Pinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Claudinho Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Venancio Frans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Richard Moura's late challenge caught a Tacheros OFF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Richard Moura helped the player get up and apologised. Richard Moura kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Claudinho Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Venancio Frans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Kléber Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Squadra Demarchi's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.