Friendly League

Redbourn Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ryan Tan made the kick off which started today's match. Afiz Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim de Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 14 minutes into the game, one of Redbourn AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Redbourn AFC:s Afiz Teo showed great skill when he stopped Gervásio Severiano:s penalty. 18 minutes into the match, Joaquim de Barros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Afiz Teo. Redbourn AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquim de Barros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Joaquim de Barros scored 0-2 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afiz Teo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Afiz Teo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim de Barros in the 29th minute of play forced Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 31 played minutes Redbourn AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ron Boon. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fariz Swee got free with Armindo Salgado in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th minute Joaquim de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiz Teo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Afiz Teo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute Joaquim de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiz Teo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Joaquim de Barros, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 39 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Afiz Teo was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Joaquim de Barros put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Afiz Teo. Afiz Teo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

51 minutes into the match, Redbourn AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Caeiro came free, but Afiz Teo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Afiz Teo managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, VB-Team's Gervásio Severiano got a free kick in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ron Boon in the 57th minute of play forced VB-Team's goalkeeper Armindo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes, John Chong mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Redbourn AFC and the VB-Team players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Redbourn AFC's John Chong got a free kick in the 61st minute. Joaquim de Barros succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-4 in the 62nd playminute. If Joaquim de Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. VB-Team made a substitution. Sandro Leitão replaced Qiu Sheng Bang. After having played for 67 minutes, Joaquim de Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VB-Team's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joaquim de Barros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joaquim de Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afiz Teo having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Caeiro in the 70th minute of play forced Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Redbourn AFC's Afiz Teo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquim de Barros in the 73rd minute of play. After 74 minutes Redbourn AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gervásio Severiano who took care of the corner kick. The corner led VB-Team's Gervásio Severiano to fire away a dangerous shot which Afiz Teo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 76thth minute of the game Joaquim de Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Redbourn AFC's Afiz Teo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Redbourn AFC's goalkeeper Afiz Teo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joaquim de Barros. With his leg Afiz Teo managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 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 Afiz Teo was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. In the 85th minute, Gervásio Severiano made a precise shot to the right of Afiz Teo. Redbourn AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Luís Caeiro hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. With his leg Afiz Teo managed to avoid a goal in the 91stth minute, when VB-Team's Joaquim de Barros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 95th minute, Joaquim de Barros 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: 0-7. VB-Team's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.