Friendly League

Estádio Douradão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Duarte Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deilmison van Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Denílson Magalhães notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes. Duarte Mendes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Bykowski came free, but Rodriguinho Sousa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deilmison van Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 18 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Ralf Albäck came free, but Duarte Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 19th minute of play. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 24th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Duarte Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Deilmison van Basten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 28 in the game by Jan Bykowski from a close distance when the talented Rodriguinho Sousa managed to make a qualified save. ATHLETICO PRaiano's players were relieved. 31 minutes into the match, Deilmison van Basten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Duarte Mendes. AFC - Curitiba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deilmison van Basten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 34th minute, Deilmison van Basten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ATHLETICO PRaiano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Duarte Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deilmison van Basten in the 38th minute of play. The ATHLETICO PRaiano fans' excitement grew in the 45th match minute when ATHLETICO PRaiano's Deilmison van Basten looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Rômulo Negri made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Ralf Albäck came free, but Duarte Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58 minutes, Ralf Albäck made it 1-5 with a short kick to the right side. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Deilmison van Basten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duarte Mendes was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Rômulo Negri might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rodriguinho Sousa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rômulo Negri ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rômulo Negri in the 63rd minute of play forced ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Sousa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Rômulo Negri came free, but Rodriguinho Sousa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rômulo Negri spun around in front of the goal 65 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal. 68 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Ralf Albäck came free, but Duarte Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deilmison van Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. A collision led to ATHLETICO PRaiano getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Unax Mudarra hit a great ball. Rodriguinho Sousa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matouš Carda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gu Zhan Cheng kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Duarte Mendes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Deilmison van Basten. 85 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Deilmison van Basten came free, but Duarte Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte Mendes came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by ATHLETICO PRaiano's Deilmison van Basten. But to his dismay, Deilmison van Basten quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. In the 96th minute, Rômulo Negri made a precise shot to the right of Rodriguinho Sousa. ATHLETICO PRaiano's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-6. When the final whistle sounded ATHLETICO PRaiano left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AFC - Curitiba.