Friendly League

Toca do Lobo
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Diguinho Gaúcho started the match with the kick off. Diguinho Souza might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christiano Arce. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Diguinho Souza ran back to his position shaking his head. Nelson Jesus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diguinho Gaúcho in the 4th minute of play. With a little luck, Atlético da Colina's Nelson Jesus got control of the ball when Cléber da Costa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Christiano Arce made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diguinho Souza in the 12th minute of play. With his leg Nelson Jesus managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when SORRISO E. C.'s Cléber da Costa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. João Fantini kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. With his leg Nelson Jesus managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when SORRISO E. C.'s Diguinho Gaúcho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The throw-in from Gilberto Neves in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by SORRISO E. C.'s Arnaud Clément. A sloppy throw-in by Gilberto Neves in the 22nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SORRISO E. C.'s Arnaud Clément. In the 28th minute, Atlético da Colina's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Diguinho Gaúcho fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. SORRISO E. C.'s Christiano Arce played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diguinho Souza in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st match minute, SORRISO E. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cléber da Costa to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute, Diguinho Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Diguinho Gaúchos short, quick shot in the 39thth minute got Nelson Jesus to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Diguinho Gaúcho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 44th match minute, Atlético da Colina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilberto Neves to maneuver through the defense.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Diguinho Souza to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Diguinho Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlético da Colina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Diguinho Souzas short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Christiano Arce to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diguinho Gaúcho in the 64th minute of play forced Atlético da Colina's goalkeeper Nelson Jesus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 65 minutes Atlético da Colina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cléber da Costa who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Gustavo Romero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Atlético da Colina's Nelson Jesus did a great save. In the 67th minute Diguinho Gaúcho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nelson Jesus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atlético da Colina's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cléber da Costa was slow to take the kick. During this time SORRISO E. C.'s players had a chance to rest. In the 70thth minute of the game Diguinho Souza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SORRISO E. C.'s Christiano Arce was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Atlético da Colina's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Orlando Vinhas in the 72nd minute. After taking down the ball on Atlético da Colina's corner Vinícius Conceicão fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Christiano Arce quite easily take care of the ball. In the 74th minute, Diguinho Gaúcho made a precise shot to the right of Nelson Jesus. Atlético da Colina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Atlético da Colina's Nelson Jesus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cléber da Costa in the 81st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Atlético da Colina's João Fantini got a free kick in the 84th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cléber da Costa in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nelson Jesus saved Atlético da Colina from getting behind. Atlético da Colina's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.