Friendly League

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, A.C. Renascença's Bernardinho Soares got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 6 played minutes F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA got a freekick which was hit by Tulio Villa. Vicente Prata hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Ereinotz Llorca recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Xurde Solana managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters rose to their feet, but Xurde Solana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sidnei da Costa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 22 minutes into the match, A.C. Renascença's goalkeeper Sidnei da Costa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Otero Huerta. When Kauã Pernambucano fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored A.C. Renascença's protests and gave Kauã Pernambucano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 23rd match minute, A.C. Renascença was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kauã Pernambucano to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute, Vicente Prata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 31 minutes into the match, Jairo Jesus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ramón Quiroga. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jairo Jesus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Ereinotz Llorca got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Bernardinho Soares kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, A.C. Renascença's Gustavo Tasso got a free kick in the 36th minute. Sidnei da Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ereinotz Llorca in the 37th minute of play. Sidnei da Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Nafría in the 41st minute of play. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind A.C. Renascença's goalkeeper Sidnei da Costa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Manolito Flores kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ivo Ribeiro to make the kick off. Tulio Villa kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Sidnei da Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ereinotz Llorca, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Ereinotz Llorca scored 1-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sidnei da Costa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Manolito Flores's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sidnei da Costa was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. A.C. Renascença's Sidnei da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manolito Flores in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute Manolito Flores shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidnei da Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivo Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ramón Quiroga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sidnei da Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manolito Flores, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute Ereinotz Llorca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidnei da Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sidnei da Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mark Ortiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 72 played minutes F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA got a freekick which was hit by César Nafría. In the 74th match minute, A.C. Renascença was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Waldemar Mattos to maneuver through the defense. Sidnei da Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Ortiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's César Nafría got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A.C. Renascença's Sidnei da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Ortiz in the 87th minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.