Friendly League

Estadio Central Kiev
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Peter Santos kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Santos in the 20th minute of play forced Kiev FC's goalkeeper Peng Xu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmo Iturri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Márcio de Brito having to interfere. Peter Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peng Xu having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Antonio Mutafchiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peter Santos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Peng Xu having to make a save. In the 36th minute Anselmo Iturri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Márcio de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's Peter Santos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Peng Xu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kiev FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Peter Santos was slow to take the kick. During this time Samurai Champions FC's players had a chance to rest. Peter Santos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Peng Xu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Peng Xu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Santos in the 45th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Anselmo Iturri made the kick off in the second half. C.J. 刘备 charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed C.J. 刘备 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 57 played minutes Kiev FC got a freekick which was hit by C.J. 刘备. In the 58th minute, C.J. 刘备 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cido Recife in the 59th minute of play forced Kiev FC's goalkeeper Peng Xu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Anselmo Iturri came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Kiev FC 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 Anselmo Iturri couldn't finish the play. Kiev FC's Wanderson Meirelles was substituted for C.J. 刘备. Cido Recife scored 0-1 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Peng Xu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kiev FC's attentive Wanderson Meirelles managed to snatch the ball when Valentín Pascal made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. If Alfredo Di Cintio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 85 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's Cido Recife sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Peng Xu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alfredo Di Cintio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Márcio de Brito didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ladislao Batista went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Despite being the better team, Samurai Champions FC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.