Friendly League

Olympic Stadium Maia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Maurício Estrada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Acevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. After having played for 7 minutes, Isidoro Godoy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SOUTH THUNDER's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isidoro Godoy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. António Junqueira's late challenge caught a SOUTH THUNDER's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. António Junqueira helped the player get up and apologised. After 10 played minutes Ɍυƒυs™ got a freekick which was hit by António Junqueira. The audience was convinced that Arturo Acevedo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maurício Estrada was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Gervásio Lages received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Benito Argi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Juan Matia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aldaír Lucena during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ɍυƒυs™ getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Aldaír Lucena hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Fabricio Bustos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Maurício Estrada skillfully saved the ball. In the last second Benito Argi throw himself and got hold of the ball when Gervásio Lages in the 46thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gervásio Lages to strike the kick off in the second half. Esteban Goiz was extremely unlucky when he, in the 58th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 59 minutes into the game, Arturo Acevedo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Maurício Estrada. Arturo Acevedo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-1. SOUTH THUNDER's Pablo Solari managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Estevão Rodrigues in the 65 minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Ɍυƒυs™'s Gusmão Leiria got a free kick in the 66th minute. Maurício Estrada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pablo Solari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Estevão Rodrigues in the 75th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SOUTH THUNDER's Pablo Solari. Pablo Solari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maurício Estrada having to interfere. Esteban Goiz kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After 81 minutes of play, Ɍυƒυs™'s Alex Parente made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Argi was left in no man's land by his defense there! António Junqueira kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Fabricio Bustos charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fabricio Bustos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fabricio Bustos kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. The audience held their breath when Pablo Solari in the 93rd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Maurício Estrada's left hand side. In the 96th match minute, SOUTH THUNDER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabricio Bustos to maneuver through the defense.