Friendly League

Estádio Jenipapão
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Antônio Carlos Bueno took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pompiliu Poalelungi hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. David Seaman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dennis Contaldi, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Arlindo Guedes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vinicio Junior, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 10 minutes into the match, Murilo Lucas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Seaman. Jenipapo SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Murilo Lucas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Arlindo Guedes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aníbal Alagoano in the 14th minute of play. David Seaman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antônio Carlos Bueno in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute Aníbal Alagoano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo Guedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the game, Jenipapo SC's Aníbal Alagoano nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arlindo Guedes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. 25 minutes into the match, AF CERRADO's goal looked a bit too open when Aníbal Alagoano came free, but Arlindo Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murilo Lucas in the 30th minute of play forced Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arlindo Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinicio Junior in the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, AF CERRADO's goal looked a bit too open when Vinicio Junior came free, but Arlindo Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arlindo Guedes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vinicio Junior in the 35th minute of play. Arlindo Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aníbal Alagoano in the 37th minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aníbal Alagoano was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of AF CERRADO booed when Jenipapo SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vinicio Junior didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the AF CERRADO defense, Raphael Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arlindo Guedes. The AF CERRADO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arlindo Guedes should have stopped the shot. With an all-out effort, AF CERRADO's David Seaman threw himself towards the right post 70 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcos Paulista, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. AF CERRADO's Felix Smits was substituted for Carlos Alberto Jacinto. AF CERRADO's Elano Tande was substituted for Dennis Contaldi. AF CERRADO's Thiago Damião was substituted for Marcos Paulista. In the 73rd minute AF CERRADO were awarded a corner. Antônio Carlos Bueno went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thiago Damião in the 75th minute of play forced Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arlindo Guedes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aníbal Alagoano in the 76th minute of play. Arlindo Guedes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aníbal Alagoano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute Thiago Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Seaman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Antônio Carlos Bueno in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Seaman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. AF CERRADO were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after Jenipapo SC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Antônio Carlos Bueno took the corner. In the 84th minute Thiago Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Seaman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Seaman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antônio Carlos Bueno in the 85th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Raphael Cunha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arlindo Guedes was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Arlindo Guedes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinicio Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antônio Carlos Bueno in the 92nd minute of play forced Jenipapo SC's goalkeeper David Seaman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Seaman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thiago Damião's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. Jenipapo SC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of AF CERRADO for a fine match.