Friendly League

Arena 26 de Dezembro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) New England Minas's Chris Cabezon started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of New England Minas booed when Braga Junior FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. 鲁飞翔 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Braga Junior FC's José Vítor Aparecido sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Martin Markusson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 7 minutes into the game, Emilio Lain cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Martin Markusson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Diogo Yurin hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 17th minute Emilio Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Markusson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Lain came free, but Martin Markusson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilio Lain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when New England Minas's Diogo Yurin fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. José Vítor Aparecido could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Martin Markusson made a huge save. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Greg Ciccaglione hit a great ball. If Alfredinho Botelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 33 minutes, Jarod Hester mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the New England Minas and the Braga Junior FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 33 played minutes New England Minas got a freekick which was hit by Jarod Hester. Emilio Lain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Martin Markusson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Clinton Caballero during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Braga Junior FC booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clinton Caballero didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Braga Junior FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Alfredinho Botelho hit a great ball. In the 43rd minute of the match Sem Terra shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Silvinho Veiga showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dallas Seymour in the 44th minute of play forced Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper Silvinho Veiga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the game, José Vítor Aparecido recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Martin Markusson. José Vítor Aparecido showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell José Vítor Aparecido to make the kick off. Martin Markusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Vítor Aparecido, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Braga Junior FC's José Vítor Aparecido got a free kick in the 57th minute. Silvinho Veiga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diogo Yurin in the 60th minute of the match. After having played for 63 minutes, José Vítor Aparecido managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Braga Junior FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Vítor Aparecido was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. José Vítor Aparecido took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Martin Markusson. Martin Markusson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Chris Cabezon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 72 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Lain came free, but Martin Markusson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Sem Terra hit a great ball. Martin Markusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Lain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes into the game, Emilio Lain cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Martin Markusson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diogo Yurin in the 79th minute of play forced Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper Silvinho Veiga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilio Lain scored 5-0 in the 80th 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. Martin Markusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Lain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fletcher Lund kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Jarod Hester in the 90th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Braga Junior FC's Edison Brena. Martin Markusson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélio Vaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Martin Markusson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hélio Vaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martin Markusson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredinho Botelho in the 93rd minute of the match. Braga Junior FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.