Friendly League

Arena Botafogo
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Diogo de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar Kuoppala in the 4th minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fang Hao Jing came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fang Hao Jing. Diogo de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar Kuoppala in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 15th minute of play forced The Glorious FC's goalkeeper Diogo de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when The Glorious FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Percival Siqueira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Diogo de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 17th minute of the match. Valdemar Kuoppala scored 0-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Diogo de Souza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Diogo de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eero Uusipaavalniemi, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Edwin van der Sar made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Vivaldo Carioca sent off a good shot on target. In the 28th minute of the match Manchester United FC got a corner. The Glorious FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eero Uusipaavalniemi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Taisto Pentsinen almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but The Glorious FC's Diogo de Souza did a great save. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Taisto Pentsinen sped through The Glorious FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Diogo de Souza. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Alfred Laulaja's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diogo de Souza was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 35th minute Valdemar Kuoppala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo de Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pauli Pogba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Edwin van der Sar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, The Glorious FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valdemar Kuoppala came free, but Diogo de Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manchester United FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 40th minute. After taking down the ball on Manchester United FC's corner Eero Uusipaavalniemi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Diogo de Souza quite easily take care of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

In the 51st minute Taisto Pentsinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo de Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the game, Eero Uusipaavalniemi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Diogo de Souza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 59th minute Vivaldo Carioca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Glorious FC's Diogo de Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taisto Pentsinen in the 62nd minute of play. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when The Glorious FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl-Johan Kjellqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manchester United FC's Pietari Puhakainen was substituted for Alfred Laulaja. Manchester United FC's Erkki Virta was substituted for Akseli Ilola. In the 64th match minute, The Glorious FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Johan Kjellqvist to maneuver through the defense. Diogo de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 65th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Eero Uusipaavalniemi could shoot a difficult shot in the 70th minute, which Diogo de Souza however easily saved by the left post. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vivaldo Carioca in the 73rd minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, The Glorious FC's goalkeeper Diogo de Souza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eero Uusipaavalniemi. In the 82nd minute Davide Beckham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo de Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, The Glorious FC's Pauli Pogba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edwin van der Sar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Manchester United FC made a substitution. Erik Cantona replaced Taisto Pentsinen. In the 94th minute, Patrick Cane hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Cantona in the 95th minute of play forced The Glorious FC's goalkeeper Diogo de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The The Glorious FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Manchester United FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Manchester United FC.