Prized/Friendly Cup

Estádio Celio Melo
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joélson Donatello started the match with the kick off. Maximiliano Astudillo hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 22nd match minute, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zeledon Salomone to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute of the match Germano Domingues shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Celestino Rexino showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Geovani Vieira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Joélson Donatello in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalie prevented a goal. After 31 minutes, Mario Ekain mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ and the Rio Verde F.C CIMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd rose to their feet as Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Falcão Nóbrega slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Celestino Rexino. That made the score 1-0 after 32 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovani Vieira in the 39th minute of play forced ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalkeeper Celestino Rexino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovani Vieira received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Celestino Rexino came out and tried to block the shot, but Geovani Vieira slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 41st minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mario Ekain was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s Hector Eguerdi got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 54th minute, Maximiliano Astudillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovani Vieira in the 59th minute of play forced ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalkeeper Celestino Rexino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes of play, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Falcão Nóbrega made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Rexino was left in no man's land by his defense there! 67 minutes into the match, Geovani Vieira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Celestino Rexino. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Geovani Vieira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After 70 minutes of play, Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Joélson Donatello made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Rexino was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ivo Pernambucano kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. A collision led to Rio Verde F.C CIMZ getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Geovani Vieira hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Falcão Nóbrega in the 81st minute of play forced ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalkeeper Celestino Rexino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 84 played minutes ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ got a freekick which was hit by Ciriaco Berdaitz. For all the effort they put into the match, the ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Rio Verde F.C CIMZ.