Friendly League

Estádio Tucuns
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fábio Cardoso got the match started through his kick off. When Roncourt's Léon Cailleaux, in the 3rd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Roncourt. After 8 played minutes Xipoko got a freekick which was hit by Rafinha Brito. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Léon Cailleaux in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfredo Neves saved Xipoko from getting behind. Thierry Lhermite made a great header on Roncourt's corner, it was just that Xipoko's Alfredo Neves managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 14th minute of the match Roncourt got a corner. Xipoko's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Thierry Lhermite ran over to the corner to take the kick. Thierry Lhermite made a great header on Roncourt's corner, it was just that Xipoko's Alfredo Neves managed to reach the ball for a save. Igor Keller's late challenge caught a Xipoko's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Keller helped the player get up and apologised. Alfredo Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Léon Cailleaux, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Léon Cailleaux blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alfredo Neves having to make a save. Roncourt's Dominique Gernigon managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Rafinha Brito in the 24 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Keller in the 31st minute of play forced Xipoko's goalkeeper Alfredo Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Roncourt's Léon Cailleaux sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alfredo Neves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alfredo Neves didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Roncourt's Léon Cailleaux shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Léon Cailleaux scored 0-5 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfredo Neves, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Igor Keller was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Léon Cailleaux ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfredo Neves was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Alfredo Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Léon Cailleaux, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute, Esteve Chan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roncourt were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after Xipoko's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Thierry Lhermite took the corner. After taking down the ball on Roncourt's corner Thierry Lhermite fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Alfredo Neves quite easily take care of the ball. Roncourt made a substitution. Félicien Payan replaced Igor Keller. 74 minutes into the match, Xipoko's goalkeeper Alfredo Neves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jean-Marc Kazmierczak. Roncourt made a substitution. Pascal Lama replaced Horácio Larreta. Félicien Payan succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-9 in the 85th playminute. 92 minutes into the game, one of Xipoko:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Alfredo Neves was a little too slow when Félicien Payan got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 97th minute. The score was now 0-11.