Friendly League

Arena Barcellos
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tod Mosley got the match started through his kick off. Toma Nkut hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. 6 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goalkeeper Winford Taylor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gernando Bueno. After a rather tough play, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Gernando Bueno got a free kick in the 7th minute. 11 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goalkeeper Winford Taylor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Toninho Couto. Winford Taylor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jailson Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Gernando Bueno got a free kick in the 15th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Pere Ba managed to get in a good position for a shot. New England Minas's supporters rose to their feet, but Pere Ba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gil Coelho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 18 minutes into the match, Barcellos Mineiro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kaba Sø came free, but Gil Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. New England Minas were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Barcellos Mineiro FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pere Ba took the corner. Winford Taylor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Adolfo Hermes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Barcellos Mineiro FC booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dwayne Clement didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th minute Orelio Picka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Winford Taylor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Waka Barcellos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Barcellos Mineiro FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave New England Minas the free kick. After a rather tough play, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Waka Barcellos got a free kick in the 28th minute. Gil Coelho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tod Mosley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, New England Minas's Winford Taylor got control of the ball when Toninho Couto tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 37 minutes of play, New England Minas's Tobias Herrington made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gil Coelho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Orelio Picka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Winford Taylor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Winford Taylor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jailson Batista in the 44th minute of play. Gil Coelho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waylon McQueen, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The audience was convinced that Waylon McQueen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gil Coelho was relentless in the 46th minute of the game.

The wind increased when Jailson Batista made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, New England Minas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Waylon McQueen to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 57 minutes, Jailson Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barcellos Mineiro FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jailson Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Toninho Couto hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. The supporters of New England Minas booed when Barcellos Mineiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toninho Couto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gil Coelho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tobias Herrington in the 69th minute. 73 minutes into the match, Jaime de Mendonça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Winford Taylor. New England Minas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaime de Mendonça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. When Tobias Herrington came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the New England Minas 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 Tobias Herrington couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toninho Couto in the 83rd minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Winford Taylor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jaime de Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Barcellos Mineiro FC booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tod Mosley didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 97 minutes of play, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Jailson Batista made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Winford Taylor was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Barcellos Mineiro FC had won after a very even match.