Friendly League

Vila do Bispo
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joaquim de Barros made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, VB-Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandro Leitão to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Piernas Locas Crane FC's Horacio Ishmael got control of the ball when Joaquim de Barros tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 9 minutes, Joaquim de Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VB-Team's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joaquim de Barros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. César Sampaio charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed César Sampaio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. César Sampaio kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Joaquim de Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horacio Ishmael having to interfere. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Americo Millan in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enrique Txomin in the 23rd minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Joaquim de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horacio Ishmael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gervásio Severiano got free with Horacio Ishmael in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34thth minute of the game Joaquim de Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Piernas Locas Crane FC's Horacio Ishmael was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Horacio Ishmael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gervásio Severiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41stth minute of the game Gervásio Severiano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Piernas Locas Crane FC's Horacio Ishmael was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 41 minutes, Gervásio Severiano made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Piernas Locas Crane FC's Horacio Ishmael tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Americo Millan in the 44th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado 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.

The wind increased when Laureano Amato made the kick off in the second half. Horacio Ishmael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 50th minute of the match. With his leg Armindo Salgado managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when Piernas Locas Crane FC's Enrique Txomin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Horacio Ishmael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Caeiro in the 60th minute of play. Piernas Locas Crane FC's Horacio Ishmael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Caeiro in the 61st minute of play. VB-Team's Yu Ke Hong was substituted for César Sampaio. After 63 minutes Piernas Locas Crane FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Álvaro Rezende who took care of the corner kick. VB-Team's Álvaro Rezende was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Horacio Ishmael in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 67 minutes of play, Piernas Locas Crane FC's Dalmacio Cortez made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Armindo Salgado was left in no man's land by his defense there! VB-Team's Traian Hăvârneanu was substituted for Joaquim de Barros. Armindo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dalmacio Cortez in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 75thth minute of the game Traian Hăvârneanu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Piernas Locas Crane FC's Horacio Ishmael was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Horacio Ishmael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Traian Hăvârneanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luís Caeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horacio Ishmael having to interfere. A collision led to Piernas Locas Crane FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Dalmacio Cortez hit a great ball. Horacio Ishmael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Traian Hăvârneanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Armindo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Americo Millan in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervásio Severiano in the 89th minute of play forced Piernas Locas Crane FC's goalkeeper Horacio Ishmael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yu Ke Hong's late challenge caught a Piernas Locas Crane FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yu Ke Hong helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Piernas Locas Crane FC booed when VB-Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yu Ke Hong didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Traian Hăvârneanu fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VB-Team's protests and gave Traian Hăvârneanu a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Piernas Locas Crane FC booed when VB-Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Traian Hăvârneanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.