Friendly League

Estádio Cercadinho
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Claudinei Pirani kicked off to start the match. Rogério Ceni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geert Wijgaert went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. José Paulo Mello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Lara Guadalupi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lara Guadalupi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudinei Pirani in the 8th minute. The audience was convinced that Geert Wijgaert's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rogério Ceni was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Cercadinho's goalie and right to Shivaraja Budaj. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Cercadinho's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 14th minute, Abdulkadir Turay got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Claudinei Pirani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Lara Guadalupi made a huge save. 17 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goal looked a bit too open when Geert Wijgaert came free, but Rogério Ceni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Geert Wijgaert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogério Ceni having to interfere. José Paulo Mello succeeded in the game's 23rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. In the 26th minute, Geert Wijgaert left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MAGNIFICOS.FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. José Paulo Mellos short, quick shot in the 29thth minute got Lara Guadalupi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 31 played minutes Cercadinho got a freekick which was hit by Roger Vianna. In the 33rd minute, Geert Wijgaert made a precise shot to the right of Rogério Ceni. Cercadinho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Rogério Ceni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geert Wijgaert, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After 41 played minutes MAGNIFICOS.FC got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Requena. A well-hit corner resulted in Abdulkadir Turay heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The Cercadinho players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MAGNIFICOS.FC were winning 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Geert Wijgaert stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Cercadinho getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. He Fei Zhou hit a great ball. In the 51st minute, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Geert Wijgaert ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rogério Ceni. Rogério Ceni yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. 55 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goal looked a bit too open when Geert Wijgaert came free, but Rogério Ceni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cercadinho's José Paulo Mello got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Davi Vaz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by He Fei Zhou in the 58 minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Geert Wijgaert got free with Rogério Ceni in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Vianna in the 61st minute of the match. In the 63rd minute José Paulo Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lara Guadalupi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roger Vianna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Leonardo Paz was substituted for Omer Guyomarch. Cercadinho made a substitution. Valiente Venezian replaced José Paulo Mello. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Geert Wijgaert got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cercadinho's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valiente Venezian, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. After 94 minutes MAGNIFICOS.FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dito Tasso who took care of the corner kick. Cercadinho's Dito Tasso was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lara Guadalupi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 95th minute, Geert Wijgaert reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rogério Ceni. The goal made the score 1-5. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. MAGNIFICOS.FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.