Friendly League

Christmas Island
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) AF CERRADO's Arí Motta started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Joélson das Neves got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Cristian Schmidt struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Severino Alcântara didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ≮王者归来≯News at 11. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lester Nygaard during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 15th minute, Lester Nygaard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Arí Motta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernani Oliveira was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Ernani Oliveira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Didi Gaúcho went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 22nd minute, Lester Nygaard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lester Nygaard kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. If Didi Gaúcho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Severino Alcântara made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Schmidt in the 30th minute. Ernani Oliveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ezequiel Melo, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. AF CERRADO were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after ≮王者归来≯News at 11's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nestor Cordeiro took the corner. AF CERRADO's Nestor Cordeiro was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ernani Oliveira in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. AF CERRADO's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Lester Nygaard scored to the left of an out of position Severino Alcântara, making the score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ezequiel Melo in the 38th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯News at 11's goalkeeper Ernani Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lester Nygaard was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 43 minutes had been played. The supporters of AF CERRADO booed when ≮王者归来≯News at 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lester Nygaard didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luiz Eduardo de Salles during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Luiz Eduardo de Salles kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Arí Motta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luiz Eduardo de Salles got his second yellow card in the match during the 47th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯News at 11 getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Luiz Eduardo de Salles hit a great ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristian Schmidt stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯News at 11 getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Naohiro Takahara hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Cristian Schmidt managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Schmidt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Severino Alcântara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. AF CERRADO's Severino Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Schmidt in the 68th minute of play. AF CERRADO's Arí Motta got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ernani Oliveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arí Motta in the 75th minute of the match. AF CERRADO's Ezequiel Melo got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 83 minutes, Bruno Dionísio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AF CERRADO and the ≮王者归来≯News at 11 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯News at 11 booed when AF CERRADO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruno Dionísio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristian Varela took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 84th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Severino Alcântara. AF CERRADO's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Artur Sergipano kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Ernani Oliveira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ezequiel Melo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristian Schmidt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severino Alcântara having to interfere. Ernani Oliveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arí Motta in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th minute Ezequiel Melo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernani Oliveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded AF CERRADO left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ≮王者归来≯News at 11.