Friendly League

Estadio Nagano
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bailey Kerns got the match started through his kick off. Vellito Alguerdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aloísio Lima in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Aloísio Lima left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PALMEIRAS-UTAH fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Bailey Kerns received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Vellito Alguerdo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 严昂军 made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Rahim Niğdeli sent off a good shot on target. NAGANO F.C were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Diego Beckenbauer took the corner. After taking down the ball on NAGANO F.C's corner Pawel Mietus fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 严昂军 quite easily take care of the ball. Vellito Alguerdo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bailey Kerns went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 严昂军 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save PALMEIRAS-UTAH from getting a goal against them. A collision led to NAGANO F.C getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Pertti Koskenkorva hit a great ball. NAGANO F.C's Vellito Alguerdo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andre Randall in the 40th minute of play. After the first half PALMEIRAS-UTAH were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Rahim Niğdeli made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, NAGANO F.C's Pertti Koskenkorva got a free kick in the 51st minute. In the 52nd minute Bailey Kerns shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vellito Alguerdo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to PALMEIRAS-UTAH getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Cristi Mitică hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, NAGANO F.C's Pertti Koskenkorva got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 61st minute of the match NAGANO F.C got a corner. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Diego Beckenbauer ran over to the corner to take the kick. The referee felt a red card was in order, 62 minutes into the game, when Cristi Mitică put in a rough tackle. In the 62nd minute, one of PALMEIRAS-UTAH:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PALMEIRAS-UTAH. 严昂军 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rahim Niğdeli in the 67th minute of play. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dominik Olchawa in the 72nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Aloísio Lima got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vellito Alguerdo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 严昂军 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rahim Niğdeli went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 79th minute of the match, Bailey Kerns tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vellito Alguerdo saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The crowd rose to their feet as PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Bailey Kerns slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vellito Alguerdo. That made the score 1-3 after 79 minutes of play. 85 minutes into the match, Rahim Niğdeli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 严昂军. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rahim Niğdeli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 93rd minute Rahim Niğdeli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 严昂军 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.