Friendly League

DAVID de AZEVEDO
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alfredo Martins started the match with the kick off. Nenko Reza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorian Moraes in the 10th minute of the match. Moussa Kabre hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roy Makaay in the 12th minute of play. A collision led to Marquês de Herval getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Moussa Kabre hit a great ball. Nenko Reza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorian Moraes in the 18th minute of the match. The throw-in from Jon Grøneng in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Villaverde Celeste Clube's William Lucas. Jon Grøneng hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Roy Makaay managed to get in a good position for a shot. Villaverde Celeste Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Roy Makaay 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jon Grøneng during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jon Grøneng hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Alfredo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nenko Reza was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Jacinto Neves made in the 47th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which German Cano however managed to control.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Roy Makaay to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Marquês de Herval's Moussa Kabre got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After a rather tough play, Marquês de Herval's Jon Grøneng got a free kick in the 57th minute. Villaverde Celeste Clube's Igor Santos was substituted for Armandinho Xavier. After a rather tough play, Marquês de Herval's Jon Grøneng got a free kick in the 58th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Villaverde Celeste Clube's zone, German Cano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nenko Reza came out of the goal and German Cano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 66th minute Roy Makaay 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. After 70 played minutes Villaverde Celeste Clube got a freekick which was hit by Dino Manfredi. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when Villaverde Celeste Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dino Manfredi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 72nd minute, German Cano reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nenko Reza. The goal made the score 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Alfredo Martins kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nenko Reza. That made the score 1-2 in the 77 minute of play. Nenko Reza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Cano in the 79th minute of the match. Nenko Reza made an important save on a dangerous shot by German Cano in the 80th minute. In the 80th minute of the match, Dorian Moraes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nenko Reza was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Makaay, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Nenko Reza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Martins in the 85th minute of the match. Villaverde Celeste Clube's Pedro Augusto Vale was substituted for Roy Makaay. Jacinto Neves kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. The Villaverde Celeste Clube fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Villaverde Celeste Clube's Kıraç Uskan 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 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Villaverde Celeste Clube succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Marquês de Herval had controlled the match.