Prized/Friendly Cup

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Villaverde Celeste Clube's Roy Makaay started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roy Makaay in the 3rd minute of play. Roy Makaay might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Guilherme Marques. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roy Makaay ran back to his position shaking his head. 5 minutes into the match, BRASIL.Sp's goal looked a bit too open when Roy Makaay came free, but Luís Guilherme Marques reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Villaverde Celeste Clube's Romário Carvalho quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo Corrêa, made in the 10th minute of the game. Roy Makaay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Roy Makaay put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Luís Guilherme Marques. In the 20th minute, Roy Makaay ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Guilherme Marques was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Hugo Corrêa hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute, Hugo Corrêa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hugo Corrêa hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, Faustão Sá hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see Villaverde Celeste Clube's Guo Ao in action when he in the 30th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Luís Guilherme Marques came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Villaverde Celeste Clube's Roy Makaay. But to his dismay, Roy Makaay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 41st match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Corrêa to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Villaverde Celeste Clube getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Edmund Wawrukiewicz hit a great ball. Luís Guilherme Marques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Wawrukiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The BRASIL.Sp players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Villaverde Celeste Clube were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mario Jardeløv was the one to do the kick off. Nenko Reza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Jardeløv in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Jardeløv in the 53rd minute of play forced Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalkeeper Nenko Reza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Villaverde Celeste Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Jardeløv came free, but Nenko Reza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques got control of the ball when Roy Makaay tried to sneak it across the goal line. BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roy Makaay in the 64th minute of play. Villaverde Celeste Clube made a substitution. Igor Santos replaced Armandinho Xavier. Luís Guilherme Marques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roy Makaay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Villaverde Celeste Clube made a substitution. Kıraç Uskan replaced Guo Ao. In the 76th minute of the match Villaverde Celeste Clube got a corner. BRASIL.Sp's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kıraç Uskan ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Villaverde Celeste Clube's corner Kıraç Uskan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Luís Guilherme Marques quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Almir Matos in the 79th minute of play forced Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalkeeper Nenko Reza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roy Makaay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Luís Guilherme Marques made a huge save. Luís Guilherme Marques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kıraç Uskan in the 91st minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Almir Matos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BRASIL.Sp fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Villaverde Celeste Clube's Pedro Augusto Vale was substituted for Roy Makaay. When the final whistle sounded Villaverde Celeste Clube left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than BRASIL.Sp.