Friendly League

Christmas Island
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marco Dias started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Marco Dias kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lúcio Rodrigues. That made the score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. Adrianinho Torres kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 22nd match minute, SAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roger Tasso to maneuver through the defense. Marco Dias received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lúcio Rodrigues came out and tried to block the shot, but Marco Dias slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 24th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Sandro Velasco in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Gonçalo Coelho. In the 33rdth minute of the game Marco Dias who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SAS's Lúcio Rodrigues was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ernani Oliveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cafu Mandrak in the 35th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Marco Dias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lúcio Rodrigues narrowly saved just below the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dino Furtado to strike the kick off in the second half. Marco Dias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luiz Eduardo Luz during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 57 played minutes ≮王者归来≯News at 11 got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Eduardo Luz. ≮王者归来≯News at 11 made a substitution. Lester Nygaard replaced Glauco Abraão. Luiz Eduardo Luz hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. 4-0 became the score in the 61st minute when Lester Nygaard elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Marco Dias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. ≮王者归来≯News at 11 made a substitution. Andrézinho Vieira replaced Gonçalo Coelho. A throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game was made by Wellington Penha with Dudu de Souza as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 74 minutes, Andrézinho Vieira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≮王者归来≯News at 11 and the SAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 74 played minutes ≮王者归来≯News at 11 got a freekick which was hit by Andrézinho Vieira. SAS's Lúcio Rodrigues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Dias in the 76th minute of play. The supporters of SAS booed when ≮王者归来≯News at 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lester Nygaard didn't get a good kick on the ball. SAS's Lúcio Rodrigues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lester Nygaard in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Dudu de Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 82 played minutes, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Cristian Varela shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lúcio Rodrigues came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ≮王者归来≯News at 11 reached it. 85 minutes into the match, Lester Nygaard notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of SAS's Lúcio Rodrigues. Lúcio Rodrigues was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 89th minute Lester Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lúcio Rodrigues saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Lester Nygaard ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lúcio Rodrigues was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. A collision led to SAS getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Edvaldo Miranda hit a great ball. ≮王者归来≯News at 11 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.