Friendly League

Arena Uruguai
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Harold Tronconi got the match started through his kick off. Ronaldo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harold Tronconi in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Nilton Lira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, Laerte Lucas notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Grêmio RK75's João Francisco Tinoco. João Francisco Tinoco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Montevideo's Ronaldo Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilton Lira in the 9th minute of play. Kaká Brasil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harold Tronconi in the 17th minute of play forced Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grêmio RK75's João Francisco Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laerte Lucas in the 18th minute of play. João Francisco Tinoco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernandão Recife, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Harold Tronconi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Ronaldo Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laerte Lucas in the 39th minute of play forced Grêmio RK75's goalkeeper João Francisco Tinoco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Wilson Fernandez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Olavo Matorin was the one to do the kick off. Carlos Fernando Guedes hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Fernandinho Saraiva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Ronaldo Medeiros made a huge save. Ronaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harold Tronconi, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 62nd minute Laerte Lucas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Francisco Tinoco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernandinho Saraiva hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After 67 played minutes, Montevideo's Wilson Fernandez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Francisco Tinoco came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Montevideo reached it. Wilson Fernandez hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. João Francisco Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olavo Matorin, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After some careless play in the Grêmio RK75 defense, Luisito Antequera kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of João Francisco Tinoco. The Grêmio RK75 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that João Francisco Tinoco should have stopped the shot. 87 minutes into the match, Montevideo's goal looked a bit too open when Harold Tronconi came free, but Ronaldo Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ronaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harold Tronconi, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Montevideo's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.