Friendly League

Brasilino
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when José Luis Cuciuffo made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, José Luis Cuciuffo put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Humberto Xavier. A throw-in in the 6th minute of the game was made by Ediberto Martins with Murilo Pena as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 10th minute of play forced Brasilino's goalkeeper Humberto Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brasilino's Humberto Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 11th minute of play. Brasilino's Humberto Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, José Luis Cuciuffo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Humberto Xavier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 23rdth minute of the game José Luis Cuciuffo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Brasilino's Humberto Xavier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 24 minutes, Murilo Pena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brasilino and the Memphis Grizzlies players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th match minute, Brasilino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Murilo Pena to maneuver through the defense. In the 25th minute of the match Dave Fleming shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Humberto Xavier showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. José Luis Cuciuffo might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Humberto Xavier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Luis Cuciuffo ran back to his position shaking his head. Brasilino's Humberto Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 26th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Franky Van Der Elst hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Luis Cuciuffo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Humberto Xavier read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Brasilino defense, José Luis Cuciuffo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Humberto Xavier. The Brasilino fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Humberto Xavier should have stopped the shot. 34 minutes into the game, Franky Van Der Elst cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Humberto Xavier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Luis Cuciuffo in the 38th minute of play forced Brasilino's goalkeeper Humberto Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franky Van Der Elst sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Frank Senna charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Frank Senna the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 42 played minutes Brasilino got a freekick which was hit by Frank Senna. 43 minutes into the match, José Luis Cuciuffo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Humberto Xavier. Brasilino's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that José Luis Cuciuffo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. In the 47th minute José Luis Cuciuffo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Humberto Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

52 minutes into the match, Brasilino's goalkeeper Humberto Xavier had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Luis Cuciuffo. Franky Van Der Elst's late challenge caught a Brasilino's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Franky Van Der Elst helped the player get up and apologised. In the 53rd match minute, Memphis Grizzlies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franky Van Der Elst to maneuver through the defense. José Luis Cuciuffo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Humberto Xavier made a huge save. Humberto Xavier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Franky Van Der Elst went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. José Luis Cuciuffo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Humberto Xavier made a huge save. Hernani Branco charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hernani Branco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Memphis Grizzlies's Brian Patterson was substituted for Harry Johnson. Memphis Grizzlies made a substitution. Peter Wiltshire replaced Franky Van Der Elst. Memphis Grizzlies made a substitution. Franz Henry replaced José Luis Cuciuffo. A collision led to Brasilino getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Hernani Branco hit a great ball. 69 minutes into the match, Brasilino's goal looked a bit too open when Franz Henry came free, but Humberto Xavier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Memphis Grizzlies getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Peter Wiltshire hit a great ball. Humberto Xavier was a little too slow when Franz Henry got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 0-7. In the 80th minute, Memphis Grizzlies's Franz Henry dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. 83 minutes into the match, Franz Henry had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Humberto Xavier. Brasilino's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Franz Henry was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. 88 minutes into the match, Memphis Grizzlies's Franz Henry sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Humberto Xavier narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 89th minute Memphis Grizzlies were awarded a corner. Dave Fleming went to the cornerflag to take it. After having played for 94 minutes, Franz Henry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Memphis Grizzlies's supporters crossed their fingers, but Franz Henry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Garry Nancy kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Memphis Grizzlies played a much better game than Brasilino and deserved their victory. The Brasilino players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.