Friendly League

Baltasar Lawrence
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when M. Agus Young took the kick off in the first half of the match. M. Agus Young might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Vítor Prata. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. M. Agus Young ran back to his position shaking his head. 17 minutes into the match, Brazil Academy's goalkeeper José Vítor Prata had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by M. Agus Young. The audience thought a goal was coming when M. Agus Young got free with José Vítor Prata in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the match, Santa Lucia de Merlo's goal looked a bit too open when José Paulo Loureiro came free, but Norberto Tino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. M. Agus Young might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Vítor Prata. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. M. Agus Young ran back to his position shaking his head. M. Agus Young could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but José Vítor Prata made a huge save. After having played for 27 minutes, M. Agus Young managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santa Lucia de Merlo's supporters crossed their fingers, but M. Agus Young was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 30 minutes into the game, Carlos Cubero was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santa Lucia de Merlo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Brazil Academy the free kick. After a rather tough play, Santa Lucia de Merlo's Carlos Cubero got a free kick in the 30th minute. Norberto Tino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Santa Lucia de Merlo's Kong Chang Zheng managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dino Senna in the 33 minute of the game. In the 35th play minute M. Agus Young came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised José Vítor Prata. 1-0. The throw-in from Roberto-Carlos Neymar in the 44th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Santa Lucia de Merlo's Pascal Som. Hernan Louis's late challenge caught a Brazil Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hernan Louis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Santa Lucia de Merlo's Hernan Louis got a free kick in the 46th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Maximiliano Omar to make the kick off. Norberto Tino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximiliano Omar in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54thth minute of the game M. Agus Young who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Brazil Academy's José Vítor Prata was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. José Vítor Prata didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from M. Agus Young went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Célio Dante charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Célio Dante the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Brazil Academy's Célio Dante got a free kick in the 59th minute. Carlos Cubero didn't quite understand what happened when in the 60 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Norberto Tino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximiliano Omar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Santa Lucia de Merlo booed when Brazil Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Célio Dante didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Santa Lucia de Merlo booed when Brazil Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Célio Dante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Brazil Academy's José Vítor Prata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Levan Poggenborg in the 69th minute of play. Maximiliano Omar struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Norberto Tino didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Brazil Academy. Prospero Bernard struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. José Vítor Prata didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Santa Lucia de Merlo. Maximiliano Omar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Norberto Tino came out and tried to block the shot, but Maximiliano Omar slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 87th minute.