Friendly League

1822 Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Oscar Cardozo made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5th minute, Edgardo Silva made a precise shot to the right of Luís Gustavo de Castro. Independência Futebol's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Edgardo Silva scored 0-2 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luís Gustavo de Castro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edgardo Silva took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Gustavo de Castro. Luís Gustavo de Castro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Independência Futebol's Rui Terra slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jeremy Nicholas. That made the score 1-4 after 19 minutes of play. Edgardo Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Gustavo de Castro having to make a save. Independência Futebol's Luís Gustavo de Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Silva in the 23rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Independência Futebol defense, Edgardo Silva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Gustavo de Castro. The Independência Futebol fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Gustavo de Castro should have stopped the shot. Luís Gustavo de Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgardo Silva in the 33rd minute of the match. Luís Gustavo de Castro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgardo Silva went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. Edgardo Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Gustavo de Castro having to make a save. Independência Futebol's Luís Gustavo de Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Silva in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Edgardo Silva notched a goal, 1-8, to the right of Independência Futebol's Luís Gustavo de Castro. Luís Gustavo de Castro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 43 minutes into the game, Edgardo Silva cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-9. Luís Gustavo de Castro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 47 minutes of play, New England Minas's Tony Pacheco made it 1-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Gustavo de Castro was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-10.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edgardo Silva stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Edgardo Silva took a quick shot and it went in 1-11 without a chance for Luís Gustavo de Castro to make any attempt to save it. After 58 minutes of play, New England Minas's Edgardo Silva made it 1-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Gustavo de Castro was left in no man's land by his defense there! New England Minas's Zachery Church was substituted for Lalo Rosas. When Luís de Sena fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Independência Futebol's protests and gave Luís de Sena a yellow card for diving instead. New England Minas made a substitution. Arturo Sito replaced Tio Lio. Edgardo Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Gustavo de Castro having to make a save. Edgardo Silva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Luís Gustavo de Castro made a huge save. 80 minutes into the match, Edgardo Silva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Gustavo de Castro. Independência Futebol's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edgardo Silva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-14. 84 minutes into the game, New England Minas's Edgardo Silva nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luís Gustavo de Castro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-15. Edgardo Silva in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luís Gustavo de Castro, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match clock showed 91 minutes, the score became 1-16 when Edgardo Silva sped through Independência Futebol's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luís Gustavo de Castro. After 94th play minutes Edgardo Silva shot 1-17, a short shot which went by Luís Gustavo de Castro and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 99th minute, Edgardo Silva left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The New England Minas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-18. New England Minas's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.