Friendly League

The Clapham Oval
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cléberson Mendonça started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Poetass FC's zone, João Francisco Toscano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Maria Goiano came out of the goal and João Francisco Toscano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 8 played minutes Clapham Rovers got a freekick which was hit by Gavin Sedgemore. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Cléberson Mendonça took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for José Maria Goiano to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Francisco Toscano in the 16th minute of play forced Poetass FC's goalkeeper José Maria Goiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nilmar Brasil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeng Xu Yuan in the 18th minute of play. Nilmar Brasil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeng Xu Yuan in the 29th minute of play. Nilmar Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jon-Egil Schjelderup in the 35th minute of the match. Poetass FC's José Maria Goiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Francisco Toscano in the 40th minute of play. Witold Bronicki's late challenge caught a Clapham Rovers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Witold Bronicki helped the player get up and apologised. 48 minutes into the match, Clapham Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Zeng Xu Yuan came free, but Nilmar Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Poetass FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thommy Maerschalks in the 49th minute. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Witalis Brysz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Poetass FC's Nilmar Brasil threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Witalis Brysz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Nilmar Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witalis Brysz in the 55th minute of the match. Nilmar Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeng Xu Yuan in the 69th minute of the match. Kalle Billberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Nilmar Brasil skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Kalle Billberg who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 72ndth minute tested the skills of Nilmar Brasil when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 74 minutes of play, Poetass FC's Kalle Billberg made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nilmar Brasil was left in no man's land by his defense there! Poetass FC's Vicente Heidemann was substituted for Cássio Maia. In the 80th minute Clapham Rovers were awarded a corner. Gavin Sedgemore went to the cornerflag to take it. Clapham Rovers were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Poetass FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gavin Sedgemore took the corner. The corner led Clapham Rovers's Gavin Sedgemore to fire away a dangerous shot which José Maria Goiano despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Clapham Rovers's Nilmar Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeng Xu Yuan in the 85th minute of play. Clapham Rovers's Nilmar Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witalis Brysz in the 86th minute of play. Nilmar Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeng Xu Yuan in the 87th minute of the match. After 89 minutes of play, Poetass FC's Kalle Billberg made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nilmar Brasil was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nilmar Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jon-Egil Schjelderup in the 94th minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Wayne Longden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Poetass FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Clapham Rovers.