Friendly League

Arena Diplomata FC
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olivier Gilg made the kick off which started today's match. Niculae Martinescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Jiang Yu Lin made a huge save. After 8 minutes of play, FALCÕES VERDES's Betinho Lenzi made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chico Donato was left in no man's land by his defense there! 11 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Olivier Gilg fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Chico Donato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Betinho Lenzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 23 minutes into the match, Olivier Gilg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jiang Yu Lin, 1-1. Betinho Lenzi might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Chico Donato. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Betinho Lenzi ran back to his position shaking his head. Chico Donato stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Betinho Lenzi's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. With a little luck, FALCÕES VERDES's Jiang Yu Lin got control of the ball when Olivier Gilg tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 36th minute, Boyd Kaufman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jiang Yu Lin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olivier Gilg in the 36th minute of play. Olivier Gilg spun around in front of the goal 37 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of FALCÕES VERDES's goal. In the 44th minute Betinho Lenzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chico Donato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armandinho Vieira made in the 47th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Niculae Martinescu however managed to control. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Betinho Lenzi made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Betinho Lenzi got free with Chico Donato in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FALCÕES VERDES made a substitution. Gugu Mello replaced Wiliam Ferraz. FALCÕES VERDES's Pietro Santos was substituted for Betinho Lenzi. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save DIPLOMATA FC PAB from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pars Yorgun in the 65th minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gugu Mello in the 67th minute of play. Chico Donato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emre Çeliksu, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Armandinho Vieira hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Jiang Yu Lin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Lopes in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pietro Santos in the 80th minute of play forced DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato got control of the ball when Pietro Santos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 87th minute Délio Furtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Yu Lin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jiang Yu Lin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Délio Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Délio Furtado in the 93rd minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gugu Mello could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Chico Donato made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christian Carrier during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FALCÕES VERDES walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.