Friendly League

León Kolbowski
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfonso Goicoechea took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Luís Caeiro sped through Club Atlético Atlanta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pankracy Glogowski. The audience was convinced that Joaquim de Barros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pankracy Glogowski was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. VB-Team's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Álvaro Rezende in the 14th minute. The supporters of VB-Team booed when Club Atlético Atlanta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Remigio Erramu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pankracy Glogowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim de Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute of the match VB-Team got a corner. Club Atlético Atlanta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Álvaro Rezende ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Caeiro in the 26th minute of play forced Club Atlético Atlanta's goalkeeper Pankracy Glogowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Luís Caeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VB-Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Pankracy Glogowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 32nd minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Club Atlético Atlanta's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim de Barros came free, but Pankracy Glogowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Joaquim de Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After having played for 52 minutes, Anselmo Nevada managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club Atlético Atlanta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anselmo Nevada was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of VB-Team booed when Club Atlético Atlanta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lázaro Cuartio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Gervásio Severiano 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. After a defensive mix-up in Club Atlético Atlanta's zone, Luís Caeiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pankracy Glogowski came out of the goal and Luís Caeiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 68 minutes into the match, Club Atlético Atlanta's goalkeeper Pankracy Glogowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joaquim de Barros. If Joaquim de Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. VB-Team made a substitution. Traian Hăvârneanu replaced Luís Caeiro. VB-Team made a substitution. Sandro Leitão replaced Qiu Sheng Bang. Club Atlético Atlanta's Eustaquio Jaizki was substituted for Mugur Chiriac. In the 77thth minute of the game Alfonso Goicoechea who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VB-Team's Armindo Salgado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mattias Jonasson kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. When Ciro Ferdinand came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Club Atlético Atlanta fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ciro Ferdinand couldn't finish the play. In the 87th minute Benigno Abreu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armindo Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pankracy Glogowski made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Traian Hăvârneanu sent off a good shot on target. 89 minutes into the match, Club Atlético Atlanta's goal looked a bit too open when Traian Hăvârneanu came free, but Pankracy Glogowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquim de Barros in the 91stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Pankracy Glogowski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. VB-Team had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.