Friendly League

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Boguslaw Tarasek kicked off to start the match. When David Torres came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the YESHUA F.C 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 David Torres couldn't finish the play. Ricardo Zamora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidney Bertassi in the 17th minute of play. Vasily Mahnach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilson Peres having to interfere. Ricardo Zamora took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boguslaw Tarasek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 33 minutes YESHUA F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sidney Bertassi who took care of the corner kick. Sebastião Henriques was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Ricardo Zamora made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebastião Henriques in the 36th minute. YESHUA F.C's Ricardo Zamora played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niklas Bergdal in the 37th minute of play. Ricardo Zamora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boguslaw Tarasek in the 39th minute of play. David Torres hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Ricardo Zamora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidney Bertassi in the 46th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Torres made a kick off. In the 56th minute, Sidney Bertassi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ITAFUT 4EVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidney Bertassi in the 62nd minute of play forced YESHUA F.C's goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind YESHUA F.C's goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 64 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's Niklas Bergdal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ricardo Zamora narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of ITAFUT 4EVER booed when YESHUA F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernandinho Mendes didn't get a good kick on the ball. ITAFUT 4EVER's João Vítor Porto was substituted for Sebastião Henriques. ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio was substituted for Sidney Bertassi. ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand was substituted for Boguslaw Tarasek. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by YESHUA F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. José Sand was slow to take the kick. During this time ITAFUT 4EVER's players had a chance to rest. Ricardo Zamora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Baggio in the 75th minute of play. José Sand sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vasily Mahnach could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Nilson Peres made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Vítor Porto in the 82nd minute of play forced YESHUA F.C's goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. YESHUA F.C made a substitution. Ramiro Guerra replaced David Torres. A sloppy throw-in by Joel de Amaral in the 89th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ITAFUT 4EVER's Jordan Henderson. Ramiro Guerra's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nilson Peres firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Jardel Baggio managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but Jardel Baggio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardo Zamora breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 94 minutes into the match, Ramiro Guerra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nilson Peres. ITAFUT 4EVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ramiro Guerra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1.