Friendly League

The Linc
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, 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. Douglas Gerber started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Karaboudjan getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Wilton de Amaral hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Curiphila Eagles's Clóvis Leal got a free kick in the 15th minute. Murilo Paiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luizão Peixoto in the 18th minute of play. Caco Rosa hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Curiphila Eagles defense, Luizão Peixoto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Murilo Paiva. The Curiphila Eagles fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Murilo Paiva should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Wilton de Amaral put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Murilo Paiva. Hudson Vale hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the match, Curiphila Eagles's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton de Amaral came free, but Murilo Paiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luizão Peixoto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilton de Amaral in the 42nd minute of play forced Curiphila Eagles's goalkeeper Murilo Paiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wilton de Amaral was the one to do the kick off. Luizão Peixoto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Murilo Paiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Wilton de Amaral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Karaboudjan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After some careless play in the Karaboudjan defense, Nelsinho Bastos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elano Travassos. The Karaboudjan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elano Travassos should have stopped the shot. In the 68th match minute, Curiphila Eagles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Téo Vianna to maneuver through the defense. Murilo Paiva didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Karaboudjan's Wilton de Amaral shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Almir da Fonseca hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Karaboudjan defense, Douglas Gerber kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elano Travassos. The Karaboudjan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elano Travassos should have stopped the shot. Almir da Fonseca's late challenge caught a Curiphila Eagles's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Almir da Fonseca helped the player get up and apologised. In the 81st minute, Almir da Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute, Douglas Gerber made a precise shot to the right of Elano Travassos. Karaboudjan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luizão Peixoto got free with Murilo Paiva in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Karaboudjan supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Karaboudjan would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.