Friendly League

Estádio Tucuns
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cícero Cruz kicked off to start the match. Through an outstanding action, after 4 minutes, Izidors Boldāns successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the FC Nereta defense, Cícero Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Izidors Boldāns. The FC Nereta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Izidors Boldāns should have stopped the shot. Kaspars Budavs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo de Senna having to interfere. Cícero Cruz kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Nereta's goalkeeper Izidors Boldāns, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Izidors Boldāns made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsenio Jakobe in the 17th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Xipoko's Cícero Cruz got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Nildo Macedos short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got Izidors Boldāns to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 28th minute Arsenio Jakobe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Izidors Boldāns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cícero Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Izidors Boldāns having to interfere. Izidors Boldāns made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cícero Cruz in the 41st minute. Remo de Senna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mareks Blumbergs in the 44th minute of play. With a little luck, FC Nereta's Izidors Boldāns got control of the ball when Cícero Cruz tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mareks Blumbergs to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Cícero Cruz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Izidors Boldāns was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. FC Nereta's Izidors Boldāns played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryce Darby in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cícero Cruz in the 63rd minute of play forced FC Nereta's goalkeeper Izidors Boldāns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antons Pētersons kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 68th minute Cícero Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Izidors Boldāns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nildo Macedo in the 70th minute of play forced FC Nereta's goalkeeper Izidors Boldāns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute, Cícero Cruz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Izidors Boldāns was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 77th minute Nildo Macedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Izidors Boldāns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Izidors Boldāns didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cícero Cruz went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 83 minutes into the match, FC Nereta's goal looked a bit too open when Cícero Cruz came free, but Izidors Boldāns reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the FC Nereta defense, Cícero Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Izidors Boldāns. The FC Nereta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Izidors Boldāns should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the match, Arsenio Jakobe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Izidors Boldāns. FC Nereta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arsenio Jakobe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Izidors Boldāns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bryce Darby in the 91st minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Arsenio Jakobe notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of FC Nereta's Izidors Boldāns. Izidors Boldāns was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee ended the match the Xipoko players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.