Friendly League

ARENA PANTANAL
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) TAQUARI FC's Wilton Vale started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 8thth minute of the game Charlie Boström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TAQUARI FC's Rodolfo Salgado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 10th minute of the match A.A. Francana got a corner. TAQUARI FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Francisco Secco ran over to the corner to take the kick. Francisco Secco made a great header on A.A. Francana's corner, it was just that TAQUARI FC's Rodolfo Salgado managed to reach the ball for a save. Wilton Vale sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Koenig in the 18th minute of play forced TAQUARI FC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, A.A. Francana's Caetano Albuquerque got a free kick in the 20th minute. Instead of passing the ball, Bernard Letourneau made a really hard long shot towards goal. A.A. Francana's Renan Melo realized he got lucky when he saw the ball passing the outside of the left post. The supporters of A.A. Francana booed when TAQUARI FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Tinoco didn't get a good kick on the ball. 25 minutes into the match, TAQUARI FC's Wilton Vale sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Renan Melo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 27th minute of the match TAQUARI FC got a corner. A.A. Francana's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bernard Letourneau ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Bernard Letourneau almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but A.A. Francana's Renan Melo did a great save. In the 30th minute, Wilton Vale ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Renan Melo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Renan Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilton Vale in the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th minute Charlie Boström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodolfo Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elliott Bergsten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41stth minute of the game Elliott Bergsten who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TAQUARI FC's Rodolfo Salgado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roman Koenig in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rodolfo Salgado saved TAQUARI FC from getting behind. Wilton Vale sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilton Vale in the 47th minute of play forced A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Renan Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Charlie Boström to make the kick off. After 51 played minutes TAQUARI FC got a freekick which was hit by Igor Tinoco. The audience thought a goal was coming when Charlie Boström got free with Rodolfo Salgado in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rodolfo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elliott Bergsten in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilton Vale in the 64th minute of play forced A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Renan Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68thth minute of the game Wilton Vale who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A.A. Francana's Renan Melo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. TAQUARI FC's Rodolfo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charlie Boström in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charlie Boström in the 70th minute of play forced TAQUARI FC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wilton Vale in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Renan Melo saved A.A. Francana from getting behind. In the 71stth minute of the game Wilton Vale who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A.A. Francana's Renan Melo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Elliott Bergsten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodolfo Salgado was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. TAQUARI FC's Erasmo Gaspar was substituted for Ernani Souto. TAQUARI FC made a substitution. Giannis Karagiotis replaced Valer Covaliu. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by TAQUARI FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Francisco Secco was slow to take the kick. During this time A.A. Francana's players had a chance to rest. The crowd rose to their feet as Charlie Boström kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rodolfo Salgado. That made the score 3-1 in the 82 minute of play. Wilton Vale's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Renan Melo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. After 86 minutes A.A. Francana's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pabla Zuniga who took care of the corner kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elliott Bergsten in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rodolfo Salgado prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wilton Vale blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Renan Melo having to make a save. A.A. Francana's Renan Melo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilton Vale in the 94th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Wilton Vale managed to get in a good position for a shot. TAQUARI FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Wilton Vale was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Renan Melo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. TAQUARI FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.