Friendly League

Arena do Macabeus
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) If Ian Webb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Franky Van Der Elst fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luisão Simões having to interfere. Vivaldo Pitta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Gez Winship tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute, José Luis Cuciuffo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luisão Simões was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 24th minute José Luis Cuciuffo 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. The supporters of TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG booed when Memphis Grizzlies was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Harry Johnson didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Memphis Grizzlies's José Luis Cuciuffo in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's goalie prevented a goal. Luisão Simões took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franky Van Der Elst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 41st minute of play forced TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's goalkeeper Luisão Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luisão Simões came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Memphis Grizzlies's José Luis Cuciuffo. But to his dismay, José Luis Cuciuffo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Franky Van Der Elst was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 51st minute of play forced TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's goalkeeper Luisão Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ken Blackwater fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Memphis Grizzlies's protests and gave Ken Blackwater a yellow card for diving instead. After some careless play in the Memphis Grizzlies defense, Vivaldo Pitta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gez Winship. The Memphis Grizzlies fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gez Winship should have stopped the shot. Franky Van Der Elst in the 61stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luisão Simões, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 64th minute, Dave Fleming reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luisão Simões. The goal made the score 2-3. Memphis Grizzlies made a substitution. Franz Henry replaced José Luis Cuciuffo. Dagoberto Teixeira made in the 69th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Elói Nogueira immediately put the ball in play. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dave Fleming was slow to take the kick. During this time Memphis Grizzlies's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Brian Patterson heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After a defensive mix-up in TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's zone, Franz Henry stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luisão Simões came out of the goal and Franz Henry tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 79th minute, Franz Henry ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luisão Simões was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. In the 84th match minute, Memphis Grizzlies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franz Henry to maneuver through the defense. TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's Luisão Simões proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG from getting a goal against them.