Friendly League

EL GIGANTE DEL NORTE
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Faustino Horado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno da Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Luisão Simões made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Teodoro Salomon sent off a good shot on target. In the 12th match minute, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Polentzi to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, PEÇONHENTO FC MG's Kader Picar got a free kick in the 13th minute. ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Emiliano Orlondon shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 15th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Luisão Simões but with some difficulty. With 19 minutes on the clock, Mariano Damario commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 19th minute. Penalty! Orlando Guipuzkoa kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Luisão Simões showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Salomon, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. With a little luck, PEÇONHENTO FC MG's Luisão Simões got control of the ball when Orlando Guipuzkoa tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dudu Neļķis in the 40th minute of play forced ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's goalkeeper Faustino Horado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Teodoro Salomon dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Luisão Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodoro Salomon in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elói Nogueira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luisão Simões took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin Pudes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 57 played minutes ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ got a freekick which was hit by Benjamin Pudes. Luisão Simões took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodoro Salomon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, PEÇONHENTO FC MG's Kader Picar got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 62nd minute Benjamin Pudes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisão Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodoro Salomon in the 64th minute of play forced PEÇONHENTO FC MG's goalkeeper Luisão Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teodoro Salomon might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luisão Simões. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Teodoro Salomon ran back to his position shaking his head. 75 minutes into the match, Teodoro Salomon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisão Simões. PEÇONHENTO FC MG's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Teodoro Salomon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Aaron Polentzi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th match minute, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orlando Guipuzkoa to maneuver through the defense. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.