Friendly League

Arena RRFV
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Futbol Club RRFV's Carlos Alberto de Sousa 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. With a little luck, Burnley FC's Dave Falcioni got control of the ball when Zé Rocha tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 10th minute, Enzo Proietti left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Burnley FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With a little luck, Burnley FC's Dave Falcioni got control of the ball when Carlos Alberto de Sousa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Carlos Alberto de Sousa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dave Falcioni came out and tried to block the shot, but Carlos Alberto de Sousa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 18th minute. In the 21st match minute, Burnley FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Proietti to maneuver through the defense. Dave Falcioni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from André Luís Martins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Alberto de Sousa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dave Falcioni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noel Pombal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Futbol Club RRFV's Carlos Alberto de Sousa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dave Falcioni. Dave Falcioni yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. In the 43rd minute, Futbol Club RRFV's Carlos Alberto de Sousa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dave Falcioni. Dave Falcioni yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Enzo Proietti stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Burnley FC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Marek Czempa hit a great ball. In the 57th minute, Anthony Pietrantoni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomé Martins took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dave Falcioni. Burnley FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Burnley FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomé Martins came free, but Dave Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Burnley FC defense, Noel Pombal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dave Falcioni. The Burnley FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dave Falcioni should have stopped the shot. Dave Falcioni came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Futbol Club RRFV's Leonel Sanches. But to his dismay, Leonel Sanches quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Alberto de Sousa in the 72nd minute of play forced Burnley FC's goalkeeper Dave Falcioni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Burnley FC's Enzo Proietti got a free kick in the 73rd minute. 78 minutes into the game, André Luís Martins cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Dave Falcioni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 82 minutes into the match, Carlos Alberto de Sousa notched a goal, 9-1, to the right of Burnley FC's Dave Falcioni. Dave Falcioni was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A nice corner shot did that Tomé Martins got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dave Falcioni quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 91st minute, Alvise Africano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dave Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomé Martins in the 92nd minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Futbol Club RRFV players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.