Friendly League

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mario Jardeløv started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, A.A. Francana's Joel Campos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Guilherme Marques was left in no man's land by his defense there! Charlie Boström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 10 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Renan Melo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eustratios Pechlifanis. Luís Guilherme Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Koenig, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charlie Boström in the 16th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Charlie Boström in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luís Guilherme Marques saved BRASIL.Sp from getting behind. 26 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Jardeløv came free, but Renan Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Elliott Bergsten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Guilherme Marques was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. 28 minutes into the game, BRASIL.Sp's Eustratios Pechlifanis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Renan Melo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charlie Boström in the 32nd minute of play forced BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Luís Guilherme Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Charlie Boström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Guilherme Marques was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Mario Jardeløv sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Eustratios Pechlifanis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Renan Melo having to make a save. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Luís Guilherme Marques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 45th minute Roman Koenig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Guilherme Marques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Reynaldo Rossi kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. A.A. Francana's Elliott Bergsten managed to work through BRASIL.Sp's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Elliott Bergsten dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. 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 crowd rose to their feet as A.A. Francana's Charlie Boström slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luís Guilherme Marques. That made the score 1-2 after 54 minutes of play. A.A. Francana's Francisco Secco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Luís Guilherme Marques in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Caetano Albuquerque's late challenge caught a BRASIL.Sp's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Caetano Albuquerque helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, A.A. Francana's Caetano Albuquerque got a free kick in the 68th minute. BRASIL.Sp's Eusébio Barros was substituted for Luciano Salles. After 69 played minutes A.A. Francana got a freekick which was hit by Caetano Albuquerque. In the 72nd minute, Romeu Trigo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Guilherme Marques made an important save on a dangerous shot by Charlie Boström in the 84th minute. In the 88th minute, Charlie Boström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A.A. Francana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 91st minute, BRASIL.Sp's Tximitx Elcano seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Tximitx Elcano the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of BRASIL.Sp protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Tximitx Elcano had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The supporters of A.A. Francana booed when BRASIL.Sp was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tximitx Elcano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute, Francisco Secco got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Renan Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustratios Pechlifanis in the 95th minute of play. When the match was over A.A. Francana could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than BRASIL.Sp throughout the match.