Friendly League

Murilo∆Stein Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfredo Martins took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel got control of the ball when Leandro Heidemann tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leandro Heidemann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Dida Taffarel made a huge save. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Marquês de Herval's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Attila Kiss was slow to take the kick. During this time Alvi Verde's players had a chance to rest. 12 minutes into the match, Alfredo Martins had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Téo Leite. Alvi Verde's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfredo Martins was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 25th minute, Leandro Heidemann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Heidemann in the 28th minute of play. Toby Major scored 0-2 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Téo Leite, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Téo Leite made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Selami Rezan in the 34th minute of play. The supporters of Alvi Verde booed when Marquês de Herval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gao Xiang Guang didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dida Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Heidemann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leandro Heidemann was the one to do the kick off. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cuero Buseth, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Toby Major received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Téo Leite tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Téo Leite showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alvi Verde's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gao Xiang Guang was slow to take the kick. During this time Marquês de Herval's players had a chance to rest. Leandro Heidemann might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dida Taffarel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leandro Heidemann ran back to his position shaking his head. Dida Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Heidemann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Alfredo Martins managed to get in a good position for a shot. Marquês de Herval's supporters rose to their feet, but Alfredo Martins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Téo Leite breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 66 played minutes Marquês de Herval got a freekick which was hit by Gao Xiang Guang. Attila Kiss struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Dida Taffarel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alvi Verde. 71 minutes in the game, Leandro Heidemann dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Heidemann in the 78th minute of the match. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Heidemann in the 78th minute of the match. Dida Taffarel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wilbert Ugalde went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Alvi Verde made a substitution. Rodolfo Perfecto replaced Wilbert Ugalde. In the 87th minute Leandro Heidemann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Lorenzo Mendebal fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Marquês de Herval's protests and gave Lorenzo Mendebal a yellow card for diving instead. After 88 played minutes Marquês de Herval got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Mendebal. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Attila Kiss managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alvi Verde's supporters rose to their feet, but Attila Kiss was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dida Taffarel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 93rd minute, Marquês de Herval's Alfredo Martins dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-4. The Alvi Verde supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Marquês de Herval's performance. The match ended with a win for Marquês de Herval.