Friendly League

Vivant Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Larry Hallam took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute Bieito Villaurreta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but A.J. 关平 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Hilário Bento kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Evelio Antoniano. That made the score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. Evelio Antoniano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Larry Hallam in the 14th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Bieito Villaurreta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Criciúma Esporte Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Bieito Villaurreta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. A.J. 关平 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A.J. 关平 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Laurentzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evelio Antoniano made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Marin Lipets sent off a good shot on target. In the 22ndth minute of the game Paulo Laurentzi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vivant's A.J. 关平 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th minute Hilário Bento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evelio Antoniano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Criciúma Esporte Clube's Evelio Antoniano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hilário Bento in the 26th minute of play. Evelio Antoniano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Larry Hallam in the 31st minute of the match. Evelio Antoniano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Larry Hallam in the 33rd minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Marin Lipets notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Criciúma Esporte Clube's Evelio Antoniano. Evelio Antoniano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Paulo Laurentzi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but A.J. 关平 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vivant's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz Valadares was slow to take the kick. During this time Criciúma Esporte Clube's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Luiz Valadares got away a dangerous shot. Despite this A.J. 关平 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 44th minute Bieito Villaurreta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but A.J. 关平 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 45 in the game by Marin Lipets from a close distance when the talented Evelio Antoniano managed to make a qualified save. Criciúma Esporte Clube's players were relieved. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bieito Villaurreta made a kick off. Evelio Antoniano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hilário Bento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evelio Antoniano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Hallam in the 55th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Criciúma Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Hilário Bento came free, but Evelio Antoniano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ştefan Iovan made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Criciúma Esporte Clube's Usub Raha. Evelio Antoniano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Larry Hallam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes into the match, Criciúma Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Larry Hallam came free, but Evelio Antoniano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Larry Hallam notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Criciúma Esporte Clube's Evelio Antoniano. Evelio Antoniano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Criciúma Esporte Clube made a substitution. Eriz Marques replaced Bieito Villaurreta. Criciúma Esporte Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luiz Valadares in the 76th minute. Luiz Valadares made a great header on Criciúma Esporte Clube's corner, it was just that Vivant's A.J. 关平 managed to reach the ball for a save. Criciúma Esporte Clube's Evelio Antoniano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hilário Bento in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th minute of the game Elvis Tek made a throw-in which Hilário Bento played forward. Paulo Laurentzi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without A.J. 关平 having to interfere. The supporters of Vivant booed when Criciúma Esporte Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vasile Curagãu didn't get a good kick on the ball. A.J. 关平 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Laurentzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Vivant fans cheered their team off the field, for while Criciúma Esporte Clube had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.