Friendly League

Estádio Teixeirão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roneixon Siqueira took the kick off in the first half of the match. Espigão Steamrollers's Gonçalo de Medeiros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Espigão Steamrollers from getting a goal against them. Roneixon Siqueira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stefan Rasiak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. Kara Bhattacharya blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stefan Rasiak having to make a save. In the 18th match minute, Espigão Steamrollers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roneixon Siqueira to maneuver through the defense. Stefan Rasiak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roneixon Siqueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute, America Futebol Clube SP's Iago Bala ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gonçalo de Medeiros. Gonçalo de Medeiros yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Iago Bala could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Gonçalo de Medeiros made a huge save. Roneixon Siqueira's late challenge caught a America Futebol Clube SP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roneixon Siqueira helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd minute, Roneixon Siqueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

America Futebol Clube SP's Ahmet Kadri Ucatekin was substituted for Maksymilian Sobczak. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Iago Bala made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, Espigão Steamrollers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oswaldo Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. Gonçalo de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Monteiro in the 60th minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Roneixon Siqueira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stefan Rasiak. The goal made the score 1-2. If Roneixon Siqueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to America Futebol Clube SP getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Tadeu Xavier hit a great ball. Espigão Steamrollers made a substitution. Yuri Paranaense replaced Roneixon Siqueira. Otto Sudaryanto hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Jeronimo Rico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeronimo Rico in the 93rd minute of play forced Espigão Steamrollers's goalkeeper Gonçalo de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 minutes, Arthur Laguna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the America Futebol Clube SP and the Espigão Steamrollers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th minute, Arthur Laguna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Espigão Steamrollers walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.