Friendly League

Fortaleza Bichera
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joaquim de Barros got the match started through his kick off. VB-Team's Armindo Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save VB-Team from getting a goal against them. Armindo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Godfried Teunens in the 5th minute of the match. Silvestre Peli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Caeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 10 minutes of play, VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvestre Peli was left in no man's land by his defense there! 15 minutes into the match, La Bichineta's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Caeiro came free, but Silvestre Peli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. César Sampaio hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the match, Godfried Teunens notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of VB-Team's Armindo Salgado. Armindo Salgado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 21 minutes into the match, La Bichineta's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Caeiro came free, but Silvestre Peli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd match minute, VB-Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gervásio Severiano to maneuver through the defense. Dariusz Motyl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armindo Salgado having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Godfried Teunens in the 29th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Shao Kun Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Peli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armindo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Godfried Teunens in the 33rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Godfried Teunens's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armindo Salgado was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Godfried Teunens in the 39th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, La Bichineta's goal looked a bit too open when Gervásio Severiano came free, but Silvestre Peli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silvestre Peli 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 first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Godfried Teunens to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim de Barros in the 51st minute of play forced La Bichineta's goalkeeper Silvestre Peli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Godfried Teunens's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Armindo Salgado read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to VB-Team getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Mattias Jonasson hit a great ball. When Mattias Jonasson fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VB-Team's protests and gave Mattias Jonasson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 54th minute, Mattias Jonasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Godfried Teunens managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Bichineta's supporters rose to their feet, but Godfried Teunens was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armindo Salgado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. La Bichineta's Vennard Rojak was substituted for Dorival de Azevedo. La Bichineta made a substitution. Eliseo Iigo replaced Godfried Teunens. 63 minutes into the match, La Bichineta's goalkeeper Silvestre Peli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Shao Kun Yuan. La Bichineta's Silvestre Peli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shao Kun Yuan in the 64th minute of play. Armindo Salgado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Iigo went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. VB-Team's Yu Ke Hong was substituted for Mattias Jonasson. If Felix Castel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Armindo Salgado came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by La Bichineta's Eliseo Iigo. But to his dismay, Eliseo Iigo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. 78 minutes into the match, Eliseo Iigo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armindo Salgado. VB-Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eliseo Iigo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Silvestre Peli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Traian Hăvârneanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute Luís Caeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Peli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Vennard Rojak managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Bichineta's supporters rose to their feet, but Vennard Rojak was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armindo Salgado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 91st match minute, VB-Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Caeiro to maneuver through the defense. La Bichineta's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.