Friendly League

Estádio Cercadinho
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) William de Castro made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th minute, Riki Čapo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NECKER49 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 8th match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Walmir Pirani to maneuver through the defense. Mugurel Zota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvano Casanova, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes into the game, Santiago Totakoxe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Mugurel Zota was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Cercadinho's Luisinho Vinhas got a free kick in the 14th minute. When NECKER49's John Skytt in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cercadinho's goalie prevented a goal. In the 18th match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdulkadir Turay to maneuver through the defense. Mugurel Zota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvano Casanova in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valiente Venezian in the 24th minute of play forced NECKER49's goalkeeper Joel Cristofor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Valiente Venezian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Cristofor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mugurel Zota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Skytt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Cristofor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valiente Venezian, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. NECKER49's Joel Cristofor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valiente Venezian in the 30th minute of play. Ulf Bergqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Joel Cristofor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valiente Venezian in the 38th minute of play. After 41 minutes Cercadinho's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Basilio Hegoi who took care of the corner kick. After 44 minutes of play, NECKER49's Silvano Casanova made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mugurel Zota was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 47 minutes, Enrique Gerber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cercadinho and the NECKER49 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and John Skytt made a kick off. Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Cercadinho from getting a goal against them. John Skytt's late challenge caught a Cercadinho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. John Skytt helped the player get up and apologised. Cercadinho's Jailson Mazza was substituted for Luisinho Vinhas. After 57 played minutes NECKER49 got a freekick which was hit by John Skytt. He Fei Zhou took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Joel Cristofor. NECKER49's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 61st minute Valiente Venezian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Cristofor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goalkeeper Mugurel Zota had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Santiago Totakoxe. Mugurel Zota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John Skytt in the 68th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that John Skytt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mugurel Zota was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Mugurel Zota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Skytt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, John Skytt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mugurel Zota was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. NECKER49's Benigno Piearres was substituted for Riki Čapo. Joel Cristofor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valiente Venezian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 81 minutes, Mugurel Zota successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Mugurel Zota made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isidoro Fagondo in the 84th minute. In the 90th minute, Hugo Gonzáles 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. Cercadinho's Edmundo Aparecido was substituted for Ulf Bergqvist. Isidoro Fagondo made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 94thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Mugurel Zota would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. In the 96th minute, Isidoro Fagondo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NECKER49 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. NECKER49 played a much better game than Cercadinho and deserved their victory. The Cercadinho players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.