Friendly League

NINHO de CUCOS
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Roberto Firmino made the kick off which started today's match. Marciano Eskuin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmílson Prata in the 4th minute of the match. In the 8thth minute of the game Roberto Firmino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Marciano Eskuin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Roberto Firmino put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marciano Eskuin. Gary Ingram made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Olavo Eiró sent off a good shot on target. If Roberto Firmino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pawel Sobolewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Marciano Eskuin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roberto Firmino in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marciano Eskuin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olavo Eiró in the 32nd minute of play forced Korona Kielce's goalkeeper Gary Ingram to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute Roberto Firmino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Eskuin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pawel Sobolewski in the 39th minute of play forced Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalkeeper Marciano Eskuin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goal looked a bit too open when Pawel Sobolewski came free, but Marciano Eskuin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gary Ingram made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Quim Barreiros sent off a good shot on target. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Marciano Eskuin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Firmino in the 45th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

In the 53rd minute, Daniel Palmquist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pawel Sobolewski got free with Marciano Eskuin in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vladimir Vrabie during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Arrebimba o Malho SLB getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Vladimir Vrabie hit a great ball. Marciano Eskuin made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Roberto Firmino sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Marciano Eskuin managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Korona Kielce's Edmílson Prata fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stephen Duxbury in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marciano Eskuin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Leo Dixon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Marciano Eskuin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maxim Tilea's late challenge caught a Korona Kielce's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maxim Tilea helped the player get up and apologised. After 80 played minutes Arrebimba o Malho SLB got a freekick which was hit by Maxim Tilea. 81 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalkeeper Marciano Eskuin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pawel Sobolewski. In the 82nd minute of the match Korona Kielce got a corner. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dave Legzdins ran over to the corner to take the kick. Korona Kielce's Dave Legzdins was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marciano Eskuin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 85th minute, Mikael Häll hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute of the match, Dave Legzdins tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marciano Eskuin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The supporters of Korona Kielce booed when Arrebimba o Malho SLB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimir Vrabie didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Korona Kielce eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.