Friendly League

Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Casper Granqvist got the match started through his kick off. Jari Jaakkola hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Giuseppe Marques came free, but Dida Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erivaldo Romero succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th 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. Cipriano Abreu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 31 minutes into the match, A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's goalkeeper Cipriano Abreu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Endura. 31 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's Alfredo Martins sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cipriano Abreu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dida Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erivaldo Romero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giuseppe Marques in the 37th minute of play. Dida Taffarel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Erivaldo Romero went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】 booed when Marquês de Herval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredo Martins didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute of the match Jaques Fierro 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. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alfredo Martins to strike the kick off in the second half. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erivaldo Romero, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 56 minutes into the match, A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Martins came free, but Cipriano Abreu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Alfredo Martins had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cipriano Abreu. A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfredo Martins was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 62nd minute, Alfredo Martins made a precise shot to the right of Cipriano Abreu. A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 67thth minute of the game Erivaldo Romero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cipriano Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Martins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Maria Ramalho to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel got control of the ball when Casper Granqvist tried to sneak it across the goal line. Franklin Trigo made in the 74th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Erivaldo Romero. Franklin Trigo hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. If Alfredo Martins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giuseppe Marques in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casper Granqvist in the 81st minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erivaldo Romero in the 83rd minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erivaldo Romero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cipriano Abreu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Martins in the 91st minute of the match. Luisão Perfumo thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Cipriano Abreu, a very annoying self made goal in the 93rd minute which led to 3-2. A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.