Friendly League

Estadio Cebolleta
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cebollitas F.C.'s Candido Oso started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrício Rosa in the 3rd minute of play forced Cebollitas F.C.'s goalkeeper Eriberto Enmanuel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes into the match, Cebollitas F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Luizão Paraíba came free, but Eriberto Enmanuel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabrício Rosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Eriberto Enmanuel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luizão Paraíba during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 16 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Luizão Paraíba. The crowd rose to their feet as Cebollitas F.C.'s Rolando Mero slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Caetano Monteiro. That made the score 1-0 after 18 minutes of play. After 21 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Valdo Lima. Eriberto Enmanuel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabrício Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After a rather tough play, Icoara Football Club's Carlinhos Negri got a free kick in the 28th minute. After 31 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Genílson de Queirós. Caetano Monteiro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonardo Sigali went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Caetano Monteiro made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Candido Oso sent off a good shot on target. After 42 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Genílson de Queirós. Caetano Monteiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rolando Mero in the 43rd minute of the match. A collision led to Icoara Football Club getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Fabrício Rosa hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, Candido Oso notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Icoara Football Club's Caetano Monteiro. Caetano Monteiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luizão Paraíba to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Cebollitas F.C.'s goalkeeper Eriberto Enmanuel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Icoara Football Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Valdo Lima in the 55th minute. Valdo Lima made a great header on Icoara Football Club's corner, it was just that Cebollitas F.C.'s Eriberto Enmanuel managed to reach the ball for a save. Rolando Mero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fulgencio Fernanco in the 59th minute of play forced Icoara Football Club's goalkeeper Caetano Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Caetano Monteiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rolando Mero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Luizão Paraíba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cebollitas F.C.'s Eriberto Enmanuel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Cebollitas F.C. from getting a goal against them. In the 82nd match minute, Cebollitas F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fulgencio Fernanco to maneuver through the defense. Luizão Paraíba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Eriberto Enmanuel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luizão Paraíba recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Fabrício Rosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Icoara Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabrício Rosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eriberto Enmanuel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.