Friendly League

Arena Da Zimba
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andy Cole started the match with the kick off. Nathaniel Burnett kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Egun Pais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nathaniel Burnett in the 10th minute of the match. After having played for 12 minutes, Nathaniel Burnett managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Imbituba - FSCMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nathaniel Burnett was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 13th minute, 温浩康 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andy Cole's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sidney Motta read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Floresta Negra FC's Alto Muro got a free kick in the 22nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Floresta Negra FC's zone, Rogério da Silva stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egun Pais came out of the goal and Rogério da Silva tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Andy Cole's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sidney Motta was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 34 minutes Imbituba - FSCMZ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lokon Pøhl who took care of the corner kick. 41 minutes into the match, Floresta Negra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nathaniel Burnett came free, but Egun Pais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carlos Fernando Azevedo hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hector Bazkoare in the 47th minute of play forced Imbituba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Sidney Motta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 48 minutes had been played when some careless play by Imbituba - FSCMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lokon Pøhl was slow to take the kick. During this time Floresta Negra FC's players had a chance to rest.

The wind increased when Nathaniel Burnett made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 56 minutes, Andy Cole managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Floresta Negra FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andy Cole was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sidney Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andy Cole in the 58th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Andy Cole reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sidney Motta. The goal made the score 0-1. Floresta Negra FC's Harris Zoolingen was substituted for Milen Kúlvachev. Imbituba - FSCMZ's 温浩康 managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Clemente Moura in the 70 minute of the game. A collision led to Imbituba - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. 温浩康 hit a great ball. In the 79th minute Rogério da Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egun Pais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Egun Pais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Luís Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Imbituba - FSCMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pedro Luís Fonseca in the 83rd minute. It was a well-played corner which Fabian Balbuena managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After a rather tough play, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Pedro Luís Fonseca got a free kick in the 85th minute. Floresta Negra FC's Egun Pais played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Válbson Pimenta in the 92nd minute of play. Egun Pais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Luís Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes in the game 温浩康 did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Válbson Pimenta. Floresta Negra FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.