Friendly League

Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfredo Martins took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Marquês de Herval getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Gao Xiang Guang hit a great ball. Lorenzo Mendebal hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Bartlett in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Demetrio Ubriaco came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Barral, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hortêncio Fantini in the 22nd minute of play. Albertinho do Vale charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albertinho do Vale the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Túlio Silva made an important save on a dangerous shot by German Cano in the 26th minute. In the 32nd match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Maria Ramalho to maneuver through the defense. Thomas Bartlett took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dida Taffarel. Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demetrio Ubriaco in the 34th minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Yahya Burçak in the 36th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Róbson Simões came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ahmet Yahya Burçak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Dida Taffarel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Túlio Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from German Cano in the 42nd minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Yahya Burçak came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Yahya Burçak came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Róbson Simões to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Demetrio Ubriaco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when Toa Toa 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fan Chong Lei didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gaston Gonzalez took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 53rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Túlio Silva. Toa Toa 4EVER's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Yahya Burçak in the 55th minute of play. José Maria Ramalho hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. When Thomas Bartlett came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Toa Toa 4EVER 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 Thomas Bartlett couldn't finish the play. Elmar van der Woude charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elmar van der Woude the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Túlio Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from German Cano in the 64th minute of play. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Demetrio Ubriaco in the 66th minute of play. The supporters of Toa Toa 4EVER booed when Marquês de Herval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dorian Moraes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Toa Toa 4EVER's Túlio Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dorian Moraes in the 72nd minute of play. Dida Taffarel made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Daniel Bittencourt sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Marquês de Herval getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Alfredo Martins hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 84 minutes, Dida Taffarel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 86 minutes in the game, Ahmet Yahya Burçak fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dida Taffarel having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Róbson Simões had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Taffarel. Marquês de Herval's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Róbson Simões was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when Toa Toa 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Demetrio Ubriaco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Toa Toa 4EVER's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.