Friendly League

Estádio Laranjeiras
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) União Sport Clube Paredes's Jerónimo Furtado 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. 6 minutes into the match, Facopo FBPA's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo lago came free, but Osvaldinho Moreno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernardo lago sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 13 minutes into the match, União Sport Clube Paredes's goal looked a bit too open when Ilgaz Aydoğan came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Facopo FBPA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cheng Ling Yang in the 15th minute. The corner led Facopo FBPA's Cheng Ling Yang to fire away a dangerous shot which Edwin van der Sar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zhivko Húntev scored 0-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edwin van der Sar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Osvaldinho Moreno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerónimo Furtado in the 29th minute of play. União Sport Clube Paredes's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilgaz Aydoğan in the 31st minute of play. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hori Galli in the 33rd minute of play. After 37 minutes of play, União Sport Clube Paredes's Leukothoe Atsidakos made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Osvaldinho Moreno was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Witalis Konopka came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the União Sport Clube Paredes 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 Witalis Konopka couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute, Jerónimo Furtado reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Osvaldinho Moreno. The goal made the score 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zhivko Húntev to strike the kick off in the second half. União Sport Clube Paredes's Edwin van der Sar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save União Sport Clube Paredes from getting a goal against them. After 52 minutes, Xuaco Fias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Facopo FBPA and the União Sport Clube Paredes players grew even worse after the yellow card. Osvaldinho Moreno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerónimo Furtado in the 53rd minute of the match. Osvaldinho Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo lago, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hori Galli got free with Edwin van der Sar in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hori Galli in the 67th minute of play. In the 69thth minute of the game Bernardo lago who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Facopo FBPA's Osvaldinho Moreno was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 70th minute, Jerónimo Furtado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Osvaldinho Moreno was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilgaz Aydoğan in the 72nd minute of the match. After 75 minutes of play, Facopo FBPA's Zhivko Húntev made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edwin van der Sar was left in no man's land by his defense there! 79 minutes into the match, União Sport Clube Paredes's goal looked a bit too open when Ilgaz Aydoğan came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute of the match Facopo FBPA got a corner. União Sport Clube Paredes's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cheng Ling Yang ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Facopo FBPA's corner Cheng Ling Yang fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edwin van der Sar quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leukothoe Atsidakos in the 85th minute of play forced Facopo FBPA's goalkeeper Osvaldinho Moreno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.