Friendly League

Arena Taquaras
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wellington Bezerra started the match with the kick off. ADM Taquaras's Décio Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wellington Bezerra in the 3rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Wellington Bezerra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Décio Marinho was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. After 5 played minutes Qjos MiLLano got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Fernando Barbosa. Décio Marinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Bezerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. ADM Taquaras's Décio Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrique da Cunha in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to ADM Taquaras getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Baltazar França hit a great ball. ADM Taquaras were furious when Michel Rüdiger was red carded, 13 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to ADM Taquaras getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Michel Rüdiger hit a great ball. Décio Marinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolfo Vidal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Décio Marinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidnei Gerber in the 21st minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Wellington Bezerra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Décio Marinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 32nd minute Sidnei Gerber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Décio Marinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Cabral in the 33rd minute of play forced Qjos MiLLano's goalkeeper Caio Ferreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrique da Cunha in the 36th minute of play forced ADM Taquaras's goalkeeper Décio Marinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Décio Marinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique da Cunha in the 42nd minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

53 minutes into the match, Qjos MiLLano's goal looked a bit too open when Michel Shevchenko came free, but Caio Ferreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ADM Taquaras's Michel Drogba got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 64th match minute, Qjos MiLLano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maicon da Rocha to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute of the match Michel Drogba shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Caio Ferreira showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of ADM Taquaras booed when Qjos MiLLano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sidnei Gerber didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wellington Bezerra received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Décio Marinho came out and tried to block the shot, but Wellington Bezerra slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 73rd minute. In the 80th minute, Michel Shevchenko made a precise shot to the right of Caio Ferreira. Qjos MiLLano's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. The Qjos MiLLano supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Qjos MiLLano would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.