Friendly League

Leigh
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) When Dennis Baker fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Leigh's protests and gave Dennis Baker a yellow card for diving instead. 9 minutes into the match, Salmonella's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Baker came free, but Sérgio Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute Adrianinho Hoffmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trevor Featherstone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Leigh's goal looked a bit too open when Adrianinho Hoffmann came free, but Trevor Featherstone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Leigh's goal looked a bit too open when Naldo Brodel came free, but Trevor Featherstone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Adrianinho Hoffmann's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trevor Featherstone was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Barry Dobson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Sérgio Velloso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 41 minutes of play, Leigh's Loyd Langsford made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sérgio Velloso was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Salmonella booed when Leigh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronnie Endean didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adrianinho Hoffmann stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Salmonella booed when Leigh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Micheal Hartley didn't get a good kick on the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Salmonella's goal looked a bit too open when Ronnie Endean came free, but Sérgio Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Salmonella getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jean Barbosa hit a great ball. 74 minutes into the match, Salmonella's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Baker came free, but Sérgio Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Oates fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sérgio Velloso having to interfere. In the 82nd minute Victor Oates shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sérgio Velloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 85 played minutes Leigh got a freekick which was hit by Dennis Baker. 87 minutes into the match, Dennis Baker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sérgio Velloso. Salmonella's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dennis Baker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Leigh walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.