Prized/Friendly Cup

Arena do Dragão
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lui Vandré made the kick off which started today's match. Kenneth Mager could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Duarte Mendes made a huge save. Rodrigo Vidal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matouš Carda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodrigo Vidal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romário Ortiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Rodrigo Vidal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Bykowski in the 14th minute of play. Rodrigo Vidal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Bykowski in the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kenneth Mager in the 17th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Duarte Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pura Arte F.C were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after AFC - Curitiba's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kenneth Mager took the corner. Pura Arte F.C's Kenneth Mager was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Duarte Mendes in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kenneth Mager in the 22nd minute of play. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kenneth Mager in the 22nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lui Vandré got free with Duarte Mendes in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rodrigo Vidal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Bykowski in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute Matouš Carda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Vidal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Duarte Mendes managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Pura Arte F.C's Lui Vandré fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Duarte Mendes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kenneth Mager, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matouš Carda kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Rodrigo Vidal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Bykowski in the 36th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the game, Lui Vandré cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Duarte Mendes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rodrigo Vidal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Bykowski in the 46th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Esteve Hodei made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Pura Arte F.C's goalkeeper Rodrigo Vidal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matouš Carda. After some careless play in the AFC - Curitiba defense, Lui Vandré kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Duarte Mendes. The AFC - Curitiba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Duarte Mendes should have stopped the shot. Duarte Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lui Vandré in the 59th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Rodrigo Vidal successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Duarte Mendes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lui Vandré's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Rodrigo Vidal was out of position in the 73 minute of play, and Esteve Hodei capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Esteve Hodei really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Matouš Carda took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Rodrigo Vidal to make any attempt to save it. The supporters of AFC - Curitiba booed when Pura Arte F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boruc Ramzinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Romário Ortiz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rodrigo Vidal. Pura Arte F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Romário Ortiz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. The supporters of AFC - Curitiba booed when Pura Arte F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Paulo Fonseca didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 91st minute, Luís Paulo Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Pura Arte F.C getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Boruc Ramzinski hit a great ball. The Pura Arte F.C supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching AFC - Curitiba's performance. The match ended with a win for AFC - Curitiba.