Friendly League

Old Traford Canoas
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Artur Pernambucano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sérgio Jacinto in the 7th minute of play. Engenheiros da Vila's Eriberto Queirós played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mourad Rocchi in the 10th minute of play. Flávio Mineiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Pernambucano having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 13th minute of play forced Manly FC's goalkeeper Artur Pernambucano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15thth minute of the game Geraldo Fernandez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Manly FC's Artur Pernambucano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 18 minutes into the game, one of Manly FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 23 minutes of play, Manly FC's Bruno Domenichetti made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eriberto Queirós was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eriberto Queirós showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Domenichetti in the 28th minute of the match. In the 32nd match minute, Manly FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andres Dollymore to maneuver through the defense. 34 minutes into the match, Engenheiros da Vila's goal looked a bit too open when Rob Burton came free, but Eriberto Queirós reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Domenichetti took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eriberto Queirós. Eriberto Queirós dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Geraldo Fernandez in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Artur Pernambucano saved Manly FC from getting behind.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Geraldo Fernandez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Manly FC's Bruno Domenichetti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eriberto Queirós narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 55 minutes into the match, Manly FC's Bruno Domenichetti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eriberto Queirós narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Manly FC's Artur Pernambucano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sérgio Jacinto in the 56th minute of play. Eriberto Queirós made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Domenichetti in the 58th minute. Manly FC's Rob Burton got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Bruno Domenichetti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Engenheiros da Vila booed when Manly FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andres Dollymore didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute Gernando Sarmento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Pernambucano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artur Pernambucano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gernando Sarmento in the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mourad Rocchi in the 75th minute of play forced Engenheiros da Vila's goalkeeper Eriberto Queirós to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geraldo Fernandez scored 2-2 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Artur Pernambucano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Manly FC made a substitution. Bruno Mosley replaced Rob Burton. Sérgio Jacinto charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sérgio Jacinto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eriberto Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Domenichetti in the 86th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Manly FC's Bruno Domenichetti ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eriberto Queirós. Eriberto Queirós yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. The Engenheiros da Vila supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Manly FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Manly FC.