Friendly League

Estádio Beneficiente
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Aloísio Abraão hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Beneficiente's Alexandre Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bailey Kerns in the 3rd minute of play. Alexandre Couto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qu Feng in the 7th minute of the match. Alexandre Couto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qu Feng in the 9th minute of play. 严昂军 made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Luís Guilherme Cunha sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Donald Voldfrom put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Alexandre Couto. A collision led to Beneficiente getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Mebarek El-Hadi hit a great ball. Alexandre Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donald Voldfrom, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The PALMEIRAS-UTAH fans' excitement grew in the 16th match minute when PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Donald Voldfrom looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Bailey Kerns scored 0-3 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexandre Couto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Donald Voldfrom managed to get in a good position for a shot. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's supporters rose to their feet, but Donald Voldfrom was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexandre Couto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 23rd minute, He Xiao 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. Luís Guilherme Cunha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. 严昂军 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Bailey Kerns left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PALMEIRAS-UTAH fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. When He Xiao came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the PALMEIRAS-UTAH fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that He Xiao couldn't finish the play. Alexandre Couto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bailey Kerns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 曲骋威 suffered a sore thigh after 41 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Mebarek El-Hadi fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Beneficiente's protests and gave Mebarek El-Hadi a yellow card for diving instead. After 45 minutes Beneficiente's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Olimpiu Mirciulescu who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on PALMEIRAS-UTAH's corner Donald Voldfrom fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Alexandre Couto quite easily take care of the ball. Alexandre Couto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Donald Voldfrom went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. The Beneficiente players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. PALMEIRAS-UTAH were winning 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Donald Voldfrom stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Beneficiente's Alexandre Couto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Beneficiente from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Donald Voldfrom kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alexandre Couto. That made the score 0-7 in the 54 minute of play. The supporters of PALMEIRAS-UTAH booed when Beneficiente was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mebarek El-Hadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Alexandre Couto successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 61st minute, Qu Feng reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alexandre Couto. The goal made the score 0-8. In the 66th minute, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Qu Feng dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. In the 69th match minute, Beneficiente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dida Senna to maneuver through the defense. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Qu Feng got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Beneficiente defense, Donald Voldfrom kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexandre Couto. The Beneficiente fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexandre Couto should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Beneficiente's Aloísio Abraão got a free kick in the 85th minute. Beneficiente's Alexandre Couto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Beneficiente from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Beneficiente defense, Dominik Olchawa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexandre Couto. The Beneficiente fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexandre Couto should have stopped the shot. When the match was over PALMEIRAS-UTAH could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Beneficiente throughout the match.