Friendly League

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eriberto Miranda got the match started through his kick off. Vasco Goycochea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tony Pacheco's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Tony Pacheco took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vasco Goycochea. Vasco Goycochea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 11th minute, Eriberto Miranda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 16 minutes into the game, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Eriberto Miranda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremy Nicholas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. António Nóbrega received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Vasco Goycochea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vasco Goycochea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Pacheco in the 23rd minute of the match. Ye Gang Cheng made in the 31st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Edgardo Silva. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Vasco Goycochea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ from getting a goal against them. In the 34thth minute of the game Edgardo Silva who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Vasco Goycochea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the game, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Eriberto Miranda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremy Nicholas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. If Eriberto Miranda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vasco Goycochea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Pacheco, 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.

56 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Eriberto Miranda came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Vasco Goycochea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tony Pacheco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vasco Goycochea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgardo Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 70 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Eriberto Miranda sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jeremy Nicholas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 73 minutes into the game, Edgardo Silva cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Vasco Goycochea was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. New England Minas's Tio Lio was substituted for Edgardo Silva. Enrique Domingues could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Jeremy Nicholas made a huge save. After 84 minutes New England Minas's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ronaldo Cosme who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of New England Minas's goalie and right to Oliverios Gayangos. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. New England Minas's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Enrique Domingues took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Jeremy Nicholas to make any attempt to save it. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.