Friendly League

Vila do Bispo
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joaquim de Barros took the kick off in the first half of the match. Armando Meireles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 3 played minutes VB-Team got a freekick which was hit by Arthur Guerra. Bruno Soveral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Soveral, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Soveral, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Caeiro came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 17th minute of play forced Exército Português's goalkeeper Laurențiu Gaciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Enzo Pellecchia's late challenge caught a Exército Português's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enzo Pellecchia helped the player get up and apologised. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Meireles in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Armando Meireles got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Laurențiu Gaciu made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Joaquim de Barros sent off a good shot on target. Joaquim de Barros came free with the goalkeeper in the 28th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Laurențiu Gaciu could save by the left post. VB-Team's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Álvaro Rezende in the 29th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Sandro Leitão heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Laurențiu Gaciu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shao Kun Yuan in the 32nd minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim de Barros came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Carrasqueira in the 38th minute of play. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Soveral in the 40th minute of play. Joaquim de Barros's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Laurențiu Gaciu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Armindo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Soveral, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Exército Português's defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Gervásio Severiano scored to the left of an out of position Laurențiu Gaciu, making the score, 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armando Meireles to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Robert Przybylski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joaquim de Barros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Carrasqueira in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Caeiro came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armindo Salgado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Armando Meireles in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute Joaquim de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Gaciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laurențiu Gaciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. VB-Team made a substitution. Traian Hăvârneanu replaced Joaquim de Barros. VB-Team made a substitution. Qiu Sheng Bang replaced Sandro Leitão. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Exército Português's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Traian Hăvârneanu was slow to take the kick. During this time VB-Team's players had a chance to rest. 70 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Gervásio Severiano came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shao Kun Yuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armindo Salgado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Armando Meireles in the 75th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Exército Português's Bruno Soveral slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Armindo Salgado. That made the score 1-1 after 76 minutes of play. Luís Caeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Laurențiu Gaciu having to interfere. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 83rd minute of play. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gervásio Severiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Exército Português booed when VB-Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arthur Guerra didn't get a good kick on the ball. VB-Team walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.