Friendly League

Christmas Island
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marco Dias got the match started through his kick off. When Orelio Picka fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Barcellos Mineiro FC's protests and gave Orelio Picka a yellow card for diving instead. In the 3rd minute, Orelio Picka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes into the match, Barcellos Mineiro FC's goalkeeper Gil Coelho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marco Dias. After a rather tough play, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Cesinha Teles got a free kick in the 15th minute. Marco Dias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fausto Queirós hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Gil Coelho made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Marco Dias sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Varela during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 27th minute, Marco Dias got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Barcellos Mineiro FC's Gil Coelho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Glauco Abraão in the 35th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's goal looked a bit too open when Jailson Batista came free, but Ernani Oliveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match Barcellos Mineiro FC got a corner. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Percy Prestes ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Barcellos Mineiro FC's corner Percy Prestes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ernani Oliveira quite easily take care of the ball. In the 44th match minute, ≮王者归来≯News at 11 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Antunes to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Jailson Batista made the kick off in the second half. Cássio Montenegro hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After 57 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Marco Dias made it 2-0 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! ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Lester Nygaard was substituted for Glauco Abraão. Jaime de Mendonça hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Cristian Schmidt was substituted for Marco Dias. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯News at 11 booed when Barcellos Mineiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime de Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jaime de Mendonça during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes Barcellos Mineiro FC got a freekick which was hit by Jaime de Mendonça. Toninho Couto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Ernani Oliveira made a huge save. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barcellos Mineiro FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hílton Toscano was slow to take the kick. During this time ≮王者归来≯News at 11's players had a chance to rest. Hílton Toscano made a great header on ≮王者归来≯News at 11's corner, it was just that Barcellos Mineiro FC's Gil Coelho managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 88th match minute, ≮王者归来≯News at 11 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hílton Toscano to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lester Nygaard in the 95th minute of play forced Barcellos Mineiro FC's goalkeeper Gil Coelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ≮王者归来≯News at 11 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.