Friendly League

S.S. Karaboudjan
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Karaboudjan:s Marcelinho Abraão showed great skill when he stopped Ubaldo Maillard:s penalty. After 8 minutes Karaboudjan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ubaldo Maillard who took care of the corner kick. In the 10th minute, Niva Bellido left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romando Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Marcelinho Abraão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niva Bellido in the 13th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Niva Bellido in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcelinho Abraão prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Karaboudjan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ubaldo Maillard was slow to take the kick. During this time Romando Futebol Clube's players had a chance to rest. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 23 minutes into the match, Romando Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernandinho Albuquerque. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niva Bellido in the 31st minute of play forced Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niva Bellido might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcelinho Abraão. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niva Bellido ran back to his position shaking his head. Karaboudjan's Marcelinho Abraão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niva Bellido in the 33rd minute of play. In the 43rd minute Niva Bellido shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Abraão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Niva Bellido managed to get in a good position for a shot. Romando Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Niva Bellido was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelinho Abraão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Niva Bellido took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcelinho Abraão. Marcelinho Abraão dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Marcelinho Abraão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niva Bellido in the 51st minute of play. After 54 minutes, Niva Bellido made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Karaboudjan's Marcelinho Abraão tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luizão Peixoto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Niva Bellido made a precise shot to the right of Marcelinho Abraão. Karaboudjan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Karaboudjan's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Niva Bellido scored to the left of an out of position Marcelinho Abraão, making the score, 0-8. Jairo Quintal charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jairo Quintal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd match minute, Karaboudjan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Quintal to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Ubaldo Maillard in the 74th minute really tested Marcelinho Abraão's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After 74 played minutes Ubaldo Maillard scored with a long sweeping shot just to the left of Marcelinho Abraão who was too lazy, 0-9. Karaboudjan's Marcelinho Abraão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niva Bellido in the 78th minute of play. Aírton Oliveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niva Bellido in the 88th minute of play forced Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match was over Romando Futebol Clube could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Karaboudjan throughout the match.