Friendly League

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Laus Deo getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Robinho Recife hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Santa Clausius's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arsenio Manni was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Kong Ping hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Santa Clausius charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Santa Clausius the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Santa Clausius hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luis Alberto Moura during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ booed when Laus Deo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luis Alberto Moura didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute, Santa Clausius got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 16 minutes, Santa Clausius made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Arsenio Manni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Lenzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Santa Clausius struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Arsenio Manni didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Cacá Diniz took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Luke Skywalker to make any attempt to save it. Santa Clausius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Lenzi in the 35th minute of play forced Laus Deo's goalkeeper Arsenio Manni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bruno Lenzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santa Clausius in the 40th minute of play. Santa Clausius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Santa Clausius in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Laus Deo's goalie prevented a goal. After 46 played minutes Laus Deo got a freekick which was hit by Robinho Recife. 47 minutes into the match, Laus Deo's goal looked a bit too open when Jiang Lin Yang came free, but Arsenio Manni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Santa Clausius was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Santa Clausius left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Laus Deo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Timur Belyaninov in the 60th minute. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Santa Clausius got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Santa Clausius's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arsenio Manni was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Luke Skywalker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luis Alberto Moura's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. After 73 minutes ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Timur Belyaninov who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalie and right to Kong Ping. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Santa Clausius kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arsenio Manni. That made the score 1-3 in the 76 minute of play. Robinho Recife kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Laus Deo defense, Santa Clausius kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arsenio Manni. The Laus Deo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arsenio Manni should have stopped the shot. The ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Santa Clausius 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 1-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santa Clausius in the 85th minute of play. 86 minutes into the game, Blaise Bergkamp cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Arsenio Manni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Diguinho Pitta's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Arsenio Manni firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, Laus Deo's Cacá Diniz got a free kick in the 93rd minute. When the final whistle sounded ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Laus Deo.