Friendly League

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gustavo Mendonça kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, New England Minas's Sem Terra got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Claudinei Tande scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Martin Markusson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Lobo Guará getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Gustavo Nunes hit a great ball. Chris Cabezon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vânderson Esteves came out and tried to block the shot, but Chris Cabezon slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 9th minute. Martin Markusson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Mendonça in the 18th minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinei Tande came free, but Martin Markusson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Lobo Guará getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Gustavo Mendonça hit a great ball. Vânderson Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diogo Yurin in the 28th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinei Tande came free, but Martin Markusson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vânderson Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dallas Seymour, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's goal looked a bit too open when Chris Cabezon came free, but Vânderson Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. New England Minas's Martin Markusson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Mendonça in the 38th minute of play. Vânderson Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Greg Ciccaglione, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Mendonça in the 45th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Martin Markusson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute of the match Lobo Guará got a corner. New England Minas's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kauan Salgado ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of New England Minas's goalie and right to Gustavo Mendonça. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. New England Minas's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chris Cabezon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vânderson Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Cabezon in the 51st minute of the match. New England Minas's Diogo Yurin got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Martin Markusson made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Claudinei Tande sent off a good shot on target. Vânderson Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diogo Yurin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 62 played minutes Lobo Guará got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Renato Arce. In the 70th minute, Gustavo Mendonça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gustavo Mendonça hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. When Lobo Guará's Gustavo Mendonça in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye New England Minas's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Sem Terra hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Gustavo Mendonça took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Martin Markusson to make any attempt to save it. In the 90th match minute, New England Minas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diogo Yurin to maneuver through the defense. Claudinei Tande could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Martin Markusson made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 93 minutes, Martin Markusson successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Martin Markusson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Nunes in the 97th minute of play. Martin Markusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.