Friendly League

Estádio Jenipapão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Jenipapo SC's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Pacheco came free, but David Seaman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. New England Minas's Fumo Bom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aníbal Alagoano in the 9th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Xiao Bang Kun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute of the match Zé Carlos Monteiro shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fumo Bom showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 13th minute Edgardo Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Seaman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Seaman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 14th minute of play. David Seaman 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 18th minute. New England Minas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Glen Conklin in the 19th minute. A well done corner resulted in Edgardo Silva drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper. David Seaman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Pacheco in the 23rd minute of play. Fumo Bom showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinicio Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After 30 minutes Jenipapo SC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Glen Conklin who took care of the corner kick. Glen Conklin made a great header on New England Minas's corner, it was just that Jenipapo SC's David Seaman managed to reach the ball for a save. 32 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Vinicio Junior came free, but Fumo Bom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute Vinicio Junior shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fumo Bom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Seaman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Nóbrega in the 35th minute of play. David Seaman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Pacheco in the 37th minute of play. Fumo Bom stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aníbal Alagoano's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute Edgardo Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Seaman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Junior in the 44th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Fumo Bom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aníbal Alagoano made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Jenipapo SC's Aníbal Alagoano got a free kick in the 50th minute. Jenipapo SC's David Seaman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Pacheco in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Raphael Cunha came free, but Fumo Bom reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, Jenipapo SC's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Pacheco came free, but David Seaman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Aníbal Alagoano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fumo Bom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute Aníbal Alagoano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fumo Bom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Junior in the 59th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Fumo Bom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute of the match Jenipapo SC got a corner. New England Minas's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arsenio Gipuzkoa ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Jenipapo SC's corner Arsenio Gipuzkoa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fumo Bom quite easily take care of the ball. New England Minas's Fumo Bom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arcan Siralp in the 62nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Aníbal Alagoano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fumo Bom was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphael Cunha in the 74th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Fumo Bom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Maurício Arósio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. New England Minas made a substitution. Tio Lio replaced Edgardo Silva. Tio Lio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but David Seaman made a huge save. A collision led to Jenipapo SC getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Aníbal Alagoano hit a great ball. David Seaman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Sito in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Sito in the 87th minute of play forced Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, David Seaman successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. David Seaman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Sito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes had been played when some careless play by Jenipapo SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Glen Conklin was slow to take the kick. During this time New England Minas's players had a chance to rest. The corner led New England Minas's Oscar Nordmark to fire away a dangerous shot which David Seaman despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Oscar Nordmark let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 91st minute shot 0-2 at rihgt post. 94 minutes into the match, Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tio Lio. The supporters of Jenipapo SC booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Valente didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. New England Minas walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.