Friendly League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when João Gaúcho got the match started through his kick off. When GoalHunters's João Gaúcho in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Botafogo AP's goalie prevented a goal. In the 5th minute, João Gaúcho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GoalHunters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When João Gaúcho came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the GoalHunters 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 João Gaúcho couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-3 when João Gaúcho sped through Botafogo AP's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Percy Reis. Percy Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Călin Pătrășconiu in the 17th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, GoalHunters's Mihăiţă Văduva got a free kick in the 18th minute. Percy Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Jerrold in the 19th minute of play. José Pedro Coelho charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed José Pedro Coelho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st match minute, Botafogo AP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Pedro Coelho to maneuver through the defense. Percy Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Gaúcho in the 28th minute of the match. The corner led to GoalHunters's Călin Pătrășconiu getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Percy Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octav Stoicescu in the 31st minute of play. When GoalHunters's João Gaúcho in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Botafogo AP's goalie prevented a goal. After 33 minutes, João Gaúcho made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Botafogo AP's Percy Reis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Percy Reis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Gaúcho went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. In the 41stth minute of the game João Gaúcho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botafogo AP's Percy Reis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Percy Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octav Stoicescu in the 43rd minute of the match. GoalHunters's João Gaúcho got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 47th minute, João Gaúcho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GoalHunters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7.

In the 52ndth minute of the game João Gaúcho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botafogo AP's Percy Reis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 53 played minutes Botafogo AP got a freekick which was hit by Amílton Motta. The audience thought a goal was coming when Călin Pătrășconiu got free with Percy Reis in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 57thth minute of the game João Gaúcho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botafogo AP's Percy Reis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 62nd match minute, Botafogo AP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Pedro Coelho to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Leontin Traianescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. GoalHunters's supporters rose to their feet, but Leontin Traianescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Percy Reis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Percy Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octav Stoicescu in the 64th minute of the match. Daniel Jienescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eriberto Esteves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dieguinho Peixoto charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dieguinho Peixoto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Botafogo AP's Amílton Motta got a free kick in the 69th minute. Percy Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leontin Traianescu in the 70th minute. Percy Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octav Stoicescu in the 72nd minute of play. In the 74th minute of the match Darius Plop shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Percy Reis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Percy Reis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octav Stoicescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Percy Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Călin Pătrășconiu in the 76th minute. João Gaúcho had several of the Botafogo AP's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 76 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-9 score and a disappointed Percy Reis as he didn't even see the shot coming. Botafogo AP made a substitution. Mané Souza replaced Clóvis das Neves. Botafogo AP's Dagoberto Paulista was substituted for Agnaldo de Godoi. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Gaúcho got free with Percy Reis in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When GoalHunters's João Gaúcho in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Botafogo AP's goalie prevented a goal. Botafogo AP's Humberto Maia was substituted for André Luís Trigo. Clemente Lopes hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 86thth minute of the game João Gaúcho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botafogo AP's Percy Reis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 86 minutes, João Gaúcho made it 0-10 with a short kick to the right side. Botafogo AP's Percy Reis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. João Gaúchos short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Percy Reis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Percy Reis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of João Gaúcho's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. The attack was good, but when João Gaúcho in the 91st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. After a rather tough play, Botafogo AP's Amílton Motta got a free kick in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched GoalHunters eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.