Friendly League

DAVID de AZEVEDO
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mané Garrincha started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes of play, Villaverde Celeste Clube's Mané Garrincha made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Washington Mandrak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Villaverde Celeste Clube were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Mota 2017's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Frank Sten took the corner. Washington Mandrak acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 11th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Frank Sten. Giuliano David kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, Villaverde Celeste Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Waldemar Lucas to maneuver through the defense. Washington Mandrak was out of position in the 32 minute of play, and Frank Sten capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frank Sten really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. 37 minutes into the game, Villaverde Celeste Clube's Róbson Donato nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Washington Mandrak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Mané Garrincha scored 4-0 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Washington Mandrak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mané Garrincha did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-0 to the left of a surprised Washington Mandrak 47 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Reginaldo Arantes made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Róbson Donato got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Washington Mandrak came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Villaverde Celeste Clube's Frank Sten. But to his dismay, Frank Sten quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Washington Mandrak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sten in the 61st minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Frank Sten ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Washington Mandrak was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mané Garrincha in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Washington Mandrak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Washington Mandrak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mané Garrincha in the 67th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Mota 2017's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Garrincha came free, but Washington Mandrak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Mané Garrincha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Washington Mandrak was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. After 78 played minutes Mota 2017 got a freekick which was hit by Diogo de Medeiros. After some careless play in the Mota 2017 defense, Mané Garrincha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Washington Mandrak. The Mota 2017 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Washington Mandrak should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Mota 2017 getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Gabriel Valladares hit a great ball. Washington Mandrak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mané Garrincha in the 92nd minute of play. Washington Mandrak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frank Sten went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. When the referee ended the match the Villaverde Celeste Clube players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.