Prized/Friendly Cup

Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benjamin da Fonseca made the kick off which started today's match. 8 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's Benjamin da Fonseca sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Higinio Sansone narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The throw-in from Sergio Berti in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Pesqueira City's Fabian Hansson. Nina fc's Higinio Sansone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastião Quintal in the 15th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Nina fc's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin da Fonseca came free, but Higinio Sansone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Higinio Sansone made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Sebastião Quintal sent off a good shot on target. Nina fc's Higinio Sansone proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Nina fc from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Nina fc's Higinio Sansone got control of the ball when Sebastião Quintal tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ionuț Iniesta hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Higinio Sansone made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benjamin da Fonseca in the 40th minute. Pesqueira City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ionuț Iniesta in the 41st minute. The audience was convinced that Benjamin da Fonseca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Higinio Sansone was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. After 44 minutes, Stelian Nandriș mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nina fc and the Pesqueira City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 44th minute, Stelian Nandriș hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, Sebastião Quintal notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Nina fc's Higinio Sansone. Higinio Sansone was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nina fc's Saul Macerio was substituted for Rubens Prata. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Higinio Sansone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin da Fonseca in the 55th minute of the match. Benjamin da Fonseca spun around in front of the goal 55 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Nina fc's goal. Higinio Sansone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastião Quintal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute of the match Pesqueira City got a corner. Nina fc's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ionuț Iniesta ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Ignat Nozharov at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Nina fc. 3-0. In the 62nd minute Benjamin da Fonseca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Sansone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Ionuț Iniesta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nina fc made a substitution. Beppe Mercuri replaced Stelian Nandriș. Ionuț Iniesta hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saul Macerio in the 72nd minute of play forced Pesqueira City's goalkeeper Mădălin Lunca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saul Macerio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Mădălin Lunca made a huge save. Higinio Sansone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin da Fonseca in the 75th minute of the match. Higinio Sansone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Quintal in the 78th minute of play forced Nina fc's goalkeeper Higinio Sansone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Nina fc's zone, Sebastião Quintal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Higinio Sansone came out of the goal and Sebastião Quintal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Pesqueira City's Doriva Zanette was substituted for Ignat Nozharov. Pesqueira City made a substitution. Josué Vaz replaced Sebastião Quintal. Higinio Sansone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Higinio Sansone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin da Fonseca in the 85th minute of play. Nina fc's Higinio Sansone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benjamin da Fonseca in the 86th minute of play. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nina fc's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ionuț Iniesta was slow to take the kick. During this time Pesqueira City's players had a chance to rest. 89 minutes into the match, Nina fc's Fulgencio Romildo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mădălin Lunca narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pesqueira City's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.