Friendly League

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 2 minutes, Ivar Eriksson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Que se abra o mar and the Marquês de Herval players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sandro Tepedino 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 6th minute. In the 8th minute, Gaston Gonzalez 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. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tato Vega in the 9th minute of play. Moussa Kabre charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Moussa Kabre the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Moussa Kabre kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. In the 13th minute of the match Lando Norin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dida Taffarel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tato Vega, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 18th minute, Alfredo Martins left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Marquês de Herval fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Sandro Tepedino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gao Xiang Guang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tommy Van Elsen in the 27th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Tommy Van Elsen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Que se abra o mar's supporters rose to their feet, but Tommy Van Elsen 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. Sandro Tepedino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Martins in the 30th minute of the match. Tommy Van Elsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dida Taffarel having to interfere. Dida Taffarel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lando Norin in the 42nd minute. Sandro Tepedino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Martins, 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 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tato Vega to strike the kick off in the second half. Que se abra o mar's Sandro Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Martins in the 58th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's Alfredo Martins sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sandro Tepedino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Que se abra o mar's goalkeeper Sandro Tepedino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 65th minute Marquês de Herval were awarded a corner. Gao Xiang Guang went to the cornerflag to take it. 67 minutes into the match, Tato Vega had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Taffarel. Marquês de Herval's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tato Vega was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lando Norin in the 72nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lando Norin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dida Taffarel was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Alfredo Martins scored 1-2 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sandro Tepedino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvinho da Silveira during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th minute, Silvinho da Silveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marquês de Herval's Alfredo Martins got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.