Friendly League

Ricardo Bochini
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wei Guang Xing started the match with the kick off. If Afonso Cardozo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Murillo Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murillo Martins in the 9th minute of play forced Anarko Kirchnerista's goalkeeper Lino Ibar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lino Ibar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Murillo Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. The audience was convinced that Gong Chao Ke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andres van der Sar was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gong Chao Ke in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Andres van der Sar saved MONTANHA from getting behind. Anarko Kirchnerista's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Angel Erasto in the 16th minute. The corner led Anarko Kirchnerista's Angel Erasto to fire away a dangerous shot which Andres van der Sar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. MONTANHA's Andres van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gong Chao Ke in the 19th minute of play. Andres van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Chao Ke in the 21st minute of the match. Lino Ibar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinei Montenegro in the 24th minute of the match. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Anarko Kirchnerista's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nilton Montenegro was slow to take the kick. During this time MONTANHA's players had a chance to rest. Anarko Kirchnerista's Lino Ibar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Cardozo in the 31st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Afonso Cardozo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lino Ibar was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, MONTANHA's Benedito Trancoso got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Gong Chao Ke sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Anarko Kirchnerista defense, Afonso Cardozo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lino Ibar. The Anarko Kirchnerista fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lino Ibar should have stopped the shot. In the 39th minute Afonso Cardozo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Ibar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Gong Chao Ke came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 45 played minutes MONTANHA got a freekick which was hit by Benedito Trancoso. Andres van der Sar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gong Chao Ke's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. The Anarko Kirchnerista players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MONTANHA were winning 0-1.

Andres van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Chao Ke in the 51st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Murillo Martins kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lino Ibar. That made the score 0-2 in the 53 minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Anarko Kirchnerista's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso Cardozo came free, but Lino Ibar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Cardozo in the 62nd minute of play forced Anarko Kirchnerista's goalkeeper Lino Ibar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gong Chao Ke in the 64th minute of play forced MONTANHA's goalkeeper Andres van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anarko Kirchnerista made a substitution. Romeo Sustrai replaced Gong Chao Ke. Afonso Cardozo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 70th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Gonçalo Matos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roger Guerra kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After 81 played minutes MONTANHA got a freekick which was hit by Teodoro Peres. 82 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Per-Erik Vase came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Norberto Egoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lino Ibar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Cardozo, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Murillo Martinss short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Lino Ibar to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Lino Ibar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso Cardozo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Per-Erik Vase came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Per-Erik Vase's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andres van der Sar was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched MONTANHA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.