Friendly League

SC Braga Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Bruno Soveral started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Zigmantas Gimbutas came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Meireles in the 6th minute of play forced SC Braga's goalkeeper Laçın Cumayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute of the match Exército Português got a corner. SC Braga's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gustavo Carrasqueira ran over to the corner to take the kick. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Quintino Carvalhais in the 10th minute of play. SC Braga's Laçın Cumayev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Carvalhais in the 14th minute of play. Laçın Cumayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Soveral in the 17th minute of play. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Exército Português from getting a goal against them. Zigmantas Gimbutas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Laurențiu Gaciu came out and tried to block the shot, but Zigmantas Gimbutas slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 21st minute. Laurențiu Gaciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Quintino Carvalhais, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Soveral in the 26th minute of play forced SC Braga's goalkeeper Laçın Cumayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Carrasqueira in the 31st minute of play forced SC Braga's goalkeeper Laçın Cumayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armando Meireles got in the 39th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Laçın Cumayev handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Carrasqueira in the 40th minute of play forced SC Braga's goalkeeper Laçın Cumayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when André Jordão came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Laçın Cumayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Carrasqueira in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Bruno Soveral received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Laçın Cumayev came out and tried to block the shot, but Bruno Soveral slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 52nd minute. SC Braga's Antonio Cieri was substituted for Quintino Carvalhais. In the 65th minute SC Braga were awarded a corner. Lu Xun Lei went to the cornerflag to take it. Laurențiu Gaciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stig-Åke Mattsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 70th match minute, Exército Português was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Carvalhais to maneuver through the defense. 72 minutes into the match, SC Braga's goalkeeper Laçın Cumayev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bruno Soveral. Antonio Cieri might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Laurențiu Gaciu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Antonio Cieri ran back to his position shaking his head. Laçın Cumayev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Carrasqueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute, Abel Carvalhais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 86th minute of the match SC Braga got a corner. Exército Português's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lu Xun Lei ran over to the corner to take the kick. Laçın Cumayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Meireles in the 87th minute of play. With a little luck, SC Braga's Laçın Cumayev got control of the ball when Bruno Soveral tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Geraldo Lucas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abel Carvalhais hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Exército Português had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.