Friendly League

Monumental Tricolor
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcelinho de Salles got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rdth minute of the game Su Shu Zhen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Su Shu Zhen sped through Itajaí Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marcelo Galvão. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gilberto Arce in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Romulo Viator saved OTTO FC - FSCMZ from getting behind. After 13 played minutes OTTO FC - FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Joel De Rijck. Romulo Viator made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Miranda in the 14th minute of play. When OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Kaká Carneiro in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Itajaí Football Club's goalie prevented a goal. Marcelo Galvão made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Kaká Carneiro sent off a good shot on target. In the last second Marcelo Galvão throw himself and got hold of the ball when Su Shu Zhen in the 21stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lenílson Nascimento in the 22nd minute. The corner ended in Lenílson Nascimento almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão did a great save. In the 24th minute of the match, Kaká Carneiro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Marcelo Galvão was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Marcelo Galvão made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kaká Carneiro in the 29th minute. Romulo Viator showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Miranda in the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Su Shu Zhen in the 32nd minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Su Shu Zhen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Galvão having to interfere. Marcelo Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Su Shu Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo Galvão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Xiang Xun in the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ren Xiang Xun in the 40th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the last second Marcelo Galvão throw himself and got hold of the ball when Ren Xiang Xun in the 41stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Arce in the 52nd minute of play forced OTTO FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Romulo Viator to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Xiang Xun in the 54th minute of play. In the 59th minute Su Shu Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Galvão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Romulo Viator got control of the ball when Conrado Miranda tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 63 minutes, Afonso Severo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Itajaí Football Club and the OTTO FC - FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Itajaí Football Club made a substitution. Carlos Eduardo da Costa replaced Marcelinho de Salles. In the 66th minute, Kaká Carneiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Galvão was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The supporters of Itajaí Football Club booed when OTTO FC - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Su Shu Zhen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 72ndth minute of the game Conrado Miranda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Romulo Viator was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Ren Xiang Xun came free, but Marcelo Galvão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Romulo Viator played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Arce in the 75th minute of play. Marcelo Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ren Xiang Xun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ren Xiang Xun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo Galvão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 85 minutes into the match, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Romulo Viator had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Eduardo da Costa. 89 minutes into the game, OTTO FC - FSCMZ's Su Shu Zhen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelo Galvão made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. In the 95th minute of the match Itajaí Football Club got a corner. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Afonso Severo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Afonso Severo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Romulo Viator quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. OTTO FC - FSCMZ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.