Friendly League

Etihad Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Beto Centella started the match with the kick off. Lorenzo De Paredes made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Angelo Cibran sent off a good shot on target. After 5 played minutes Under Construct got a freekick which was hit by Joel Igon. 6 minutes into the game, José Ramos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Luiz Fábio Pombal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luiz Fábio Pombal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Ramos went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When Eraldo Dionisi came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ 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 Eraldo Dionisi couldn't finish the play. 14 minutes into the game, José Ramos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Luiz Fábio Pombal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lorenzo De Paredes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvério Tróia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute, Nelsinho Nóbrega ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luiz Fábio Pombal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 23 minutes into the game, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Nelsinho Nóbrega nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luiz Fábio Pombal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. After having played for 27 minutes, José Ramos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters crossed their fingers, but José Ramos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eraldo Dionisi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Fábio Pombal having to interfere. Luiz Fábio Pombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Ramos in the 29th minute of the match. When Henry Huyghebaert fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Under Construct's protests and gave Henry Huyghebaert a yellow card for diving instead. Henry Huyghebaert hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Under Construct's Luiz Fábio Pombal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Ramos in the 31st minute of play. Luiz Fábio Pombal came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Ren Peng Fei. But to his dismay, Ren Peng Fei quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvério Tróia in the 39th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Lorenzo De Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that José Ramos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luiz Fábio Pombal was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Under Construct's Luiz Fábio Pombal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Ramos in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Silvério Tróia made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Victorino Gutierrez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luiz Fábio Pombal made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Beto Centella sent off a good shot on target. After 57 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Eraldo Dionisi. Luiz Fábio Pombal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelsinho Nóbrega in the 59th minute of play. Eraldo Dionisi took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luiz Fábio Pombal. Luiz Fábio Pombal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. In the 63rd minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Luiz Fábio Pombal. Luiz Fábio Pombal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. José Ramos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luiz Fábio Pombal came out and tried to block the shot, but José Ramos slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 67th minute. In the 70thth minute of the game Beto Centella who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Under Construct's Luiz Fábio Pombal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Angelo Cibran struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Lorenzo De Paredes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Under Construct. In the 73rd minute Nelsinho Nóbrega shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fábio Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th match minute, Under Construct was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorino Gutierrez to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th match minute, Under Construct was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 史然扬 to maneuver through the defense. George Popa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Luiz Fábio Pombal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Under Construct's Luiz Fábio Pombal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Under Construct from getting a goal against them. After 89 minutes of play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s George Popa made it 0-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luiz Fábio Pombal was left in no man's land by his defense there! 93 minutes into the match, Under Construct's goalkeeper Luiz Fábio Pombal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nelsinho Nóbrega. 94 minutes into the match, Under Construct's goal looked a bit too open when José Ramos came free, but Luiz Fábio Pombal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.