Friendly League

Monumental do Bonfim
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Harold Tronconi made the kick off and thus started the match. João Francisco Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Fabiano Maranhense's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, João Francisco Tinoco skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Grêmio RK75's goalie and right to Fabiano Maranhense. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Grêmio RK75's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Reko Nybacka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Fernando Guedes in the 9th minute of the match. Reko Nybacka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaká Brasil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kaká Brasil took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Reko Nybacka. Reko Nybacka dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlos Alberto Soares got free with João Francisco Tinoco in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Reko Nybacka didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Harold Tronconi went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. João Francisco Tinoco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime França in the 17th minute of the match. Reko Nybacka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harold Tronconi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, Grêmio RK75's goalkeeper João Francisco Tinoco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Alberto Soares. In the 25th minute, Carlos Alberto Soares left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Catugi FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Catugi FC's Reko Nybacka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaká Brasil in the 29th minute of play. After having played for 32 minutes, Harold Tronconi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Grêmio RK75's supporters crossed their fingers, but Harold Tronconi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 38 minutes in the game Edson Couto did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Carlos Alberto Soares. In the 39th match minute, Grêmio RK75 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaká Brasil to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, Grêmio RK75's Vitinho Almeida seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Vitinho Almeida the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Grêmio RK75 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Vitinho Almeida had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 41 played minutes Grêmio RK75 got a freekick which was hit by Vitinho Almeida. 42 minutes in the game Edson Couto after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved João Francisco Tinoco. A very good opportunity. If Nilton Lira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carlos Alberto Soares to strike the kick off in the second half. Cauã Luz hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Kaká Brasil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Reko Nybacka made a huge save. 68 minutes in the game Benjamim Alvarenga did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Edson Couto. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabiano Maranhense in the 71st minute of play forced Grêmio RK75's goalkeeper João Francisco Tinoco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Nilton Lira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grêmio RK75's supporters rose to their feet, but Nilton Lira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Reko Nybacka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute Carlos Alberto Soares 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. Catugi FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erik Sanches in the 85th minute. Grêmio RK75's João Francisco Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Alberto Soares in the 92nd minute of play. Grêmio RK75's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.