Friendly League

Estádio AR-51 SC
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. Cafu Mandrak started the match with the kick off. Lúcio Rodrigues stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cássio Britto's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. After 12 minutes of play, SAS's Cafu Mandrak made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eliseu Negri was left in no man's land by his defense there! SAS's Lúcio Rodrigues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cássio Britto in the 16th minute of play. After a rather tough play, New Loser FC's Sandrinho Xavier got a free kick in the 17th minute. Cafu Mandrak scored 2-0 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliseu Negri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Cafu Mandrak came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the SAS 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 Cafu Mandrak couldn't finish the play. 26 minutes into the match, Cássio Britto notched a goal, 2-1, 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. Virgílio Diniz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lúcio Rodrigues having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Luís Paulo Nogueira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lúcio Rodrigues was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Luís Paulo Nogueira sped through SAS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lúcio Rodrigues. Eliseu Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cafu Mandrak in the 36th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, New Loser FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dadá Branco came free, but Eliseu Negri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sandrinho Xavier during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Sandrinho Xavier kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After 44 played minutes New Loser FC got a freekick which was hit by Duarte Azevedo. Sandrinho Xavier kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Evaristo Guimarães hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luís Paulo Nogueira to strike the kick off in the second half. SAS's Lúcio Rodrigues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Paulo Nogueira in the 55th minute of play. A collision led to SAS getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Alfredo Velloso hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as New Loser FC's Luís Paulo Nogueira slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lúcio Rodrigues. That made the score 3-3 after 60 minutes of play. 64 minutes into the game, New Loser FC's Luís Paulo Nogueira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lúcio Rodrigues made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cássio Britto in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lúcio Rodrigues prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eliseu Negri didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cafu Mandrak went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Dino Furtado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eliseu Negri was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Dadá Branco kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. A collision led to SAS getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Alfredo Velloso hit a great ball. New Loser FC's Alex Simões got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luís Paulo Nogueira received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lúcio Rodrigues came out and tried to block the shot, but Luís Paulo Nogueira slotted it home off the left post making it 4-5 in the 83rd minute. In the 88th minute, New Loser FC's Evaristo Guimarães ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lúcio Rodrigues. Lúcio Rodrigues yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-6. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 91st minute of the game. One of SAS:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of New Loser FC:s goal. SAS:s Lúcio Rodrigues showed great skill when he stopped Alex Simões:s penalty. Luís Paulo Nogueira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Lúcio Rodrigues made a huge save. Lúcio Rodrigues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Guimarães in the 97th minute of the match. 100 minutes into the match, SAS's goal looked a bit too open when Andrea Shevchenko came free, but Lúcio Rodrigues reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 101 minutes into the match, SAS's goal looked a bit too open when Andrea Shevchenko came free, but Lúcio Rodrigues reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The New Loser FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing New Loser FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.