Friendly League

Campo Manuel Marques
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Enzo Min took the kick off in the first half of the match. Carlos Teves scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto Lousada, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save La Guardia Imperial from getting a goal against them. La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Modesto in the 7th minute of play. Augusto Lousada came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by La Guardia Imperial's Carlos Teves. But to his dismay, Carlos Teves quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Seleção de Macau's Augusto Lousada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Teves in the 13th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Seleção de Macau's Atilano Esiquio threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Enzo Min, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Enzo Min in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atilano Esiquio saved La Guardia Imperial from getting behind. After 28 minutes of play, La Guardia Imperial's Carlos Teves made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Augusto Lousada was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of La Guardia Imperial booed when Seleção de Macau was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herman Hall didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of La Guardia Imperial booed when Seleção de Macau was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herman Hall didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Guardia Imperial's Carlos Teves got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 39th play minutes Carlos Teves shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Augusto Lousada and just under the crossbar into goal. 44 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Min came free, but Atilano Esiquio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carlos Teves to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carlos Teves in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Augusto Lousada prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Enzo Min had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Augusto Lousada was out of position in the 62 minute of play, and Carlos Teves capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carlos Teves really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Seleção de Macau's Elias Pais was substituted for Krzysztof Jaraczewski. 69 minutes in the game Herman Hall did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Elias Pais. La Guardia Imperial's Carlos Teves got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Atilano Esiquio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Modesto in the 77th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Carlos Teves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Augusto Lousada was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. 80 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's Carlos Teves sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Augusto Lousada narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Seleção de Macau booed when La Guardia Imperial was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Elorri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Seleção de Macau's Koča Kola was substituted for Joel Coimbra. Evaristo Elorri kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Atilano Esiquio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herman Hall, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute, Herman Hall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Seleção de Macau getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Herman Hall hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 89 minutes, Augusto Lousada successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koča Kola in the 96th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched La Guardia Imperial eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.