Friendly League

Estádio Douradão
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Deilmison van Basten kicked off to start the match. Fausto da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denílson Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Fausto da Rocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deilmison van Basten in the 11th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the match, Deilmison van Basten notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of AFC - Curitiba's Fausto da Rocha. Fausto da Rocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fausto da Rocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deilmison van Basten in the 15th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Deilmison van Basten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fausto da Rocha was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 28 minutes into the game, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Deilmison van Basten nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fausto da Rocha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Rodriguinho Sousa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matouš Carda in the 36th minute. Luiz Fábio Borges made in the 37th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Matouš Carda however managed to control. When Matouš Carda fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC - Curitiba's protests and gave Matouš Carda a yellow card for diving instead. Matouš Carda kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Deilmison van Basten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Fausto da Rocha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hermínio Alvarenga during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 45th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half ATHLETICO PRaiano were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

AFC - Curitiba's Romário Ortiz was substituted for Jan Bykowski. AFC - Curitiba made a substitution. Zhang Yin Si replaced Wanderson Oliveira. In the 52nd minute Denílson Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto da Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 56th minute of the game was made by Luiz Fábio Borges with Matouš Carda as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Heitor Maldini was substituted for Betão Marquez. In the 65th minute Romário Ortiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodriguinho Sousa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Deilmison van Basten ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fausto da Rocha was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Albäck in the 69th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodriguinho Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from August Wahlnäs in the 71st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Ralf Albäck put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Fausto da Rocha. Rodriguinho Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from August Wahlnäs, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With a little luck, AFC - Curitiba's Fausto da Rocha got control of the ball when Deilmison van Basten tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fausto da Rocha was a little too slow when Ralf Albäck got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 1-6. Fausto da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ralf Albäck, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The ATHLETICO PRaiano supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ATHLETICO PRaiano would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.