Friendly League

ARENA MINEIRA
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mao Hong Yang made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4thth minute of the game Zygmunt Bielejewski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but COURO COME FC's José Maria Pontes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, COURO COME FC's Orlando Moreno got a free kick in the 13th minute. After 14 minutes of play, STAL ST WOLA's Mikolaj Lech made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Maria Pontes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20th minute Zygmunt Bielejewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Pontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 23rd minute of play forced COURO COME FC's goalkeeper José Maria Pontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. COURO COME FC's José Maria Pontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Hodas in the 36th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Gustaw Bendyk managed to get in a good position for a shot. STAL ST WOLA's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustaw Bendyk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Maria Pontes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. José Maria Pontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Lech, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 42nd minute, COURO COME FC's William Rossi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Moisés Novaes. Moisés Novaes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. José Maria Pontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mao Hong Yang, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dieguinho Silveira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. José Maria Pontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiusz Solecki in the 51st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mao Hong Yang in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg José Maria Pontes saved COURO COME FC from getting behind. After 55 minutes, Leandro de Carvalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the COURO COME FC and the STAL ST WOLA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 56 played minutes COURO COME FC got a freekick which was hit by Leandro de Carvalho. After 56 played minutes COURO COME FC got a freekick which was hit by Dieguinho Silveira. With a little luck, COURO COME FC's José Maria Pontes got control of the ball when Mikolaj Lech tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 61st minute of play forced COURO COME FC's goalkeeper José Maria Pontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute of the match, Zygmunt Bielejewski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but José Maria Pontes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 72 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zygmunt Bielejewski came free, but José Maria Pontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Maria Pontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 76th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Mao Hong Yang put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of José Maria Pontes. José Maria Pontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zygmunt Bielejewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 87 played minutes COURO COME FC got a freekick which was hit by César Vinhas. After 88 played minutes COURO COME FC got a freekick which was hit by César Vinhas. José Maria Pontes made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Hayyam Özdoğan sent off a good shot on target. In the 93rd minute, César Vinhas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Maria Pontes was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Boleslaw Nakoneczny. During the 95th minute of the match César Vinhas completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave César Vinhas a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 96th minute, César Vinhas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. STAL ST WOLA played a much better game than COURO COME FC and deserved their victory. The COURO COME FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.