Friendly League

Arena Caraíbas
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Faustão Félix took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gelsenkirchener jungs's Otmar Elsner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Gelsenkirchener jungs from getting a goal against them. Lennart Pleschke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Gugu Barreto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gelsenkirchener jungs's Otmar Elsner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faustão Félix in the 13th minute of play. After having played for 16 minutes, Ted Habbel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gelsenkirchener jungs's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ted Habbel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Império Futebol Clube's Gugu Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ted Habbel in the 18th minute of play. Otmar Elsner didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Faustão Félix went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Império Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Cleiton Souza hit a great ball. If Ted Habbel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ted Habbel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gugu Barreto having to make a save. In the 37th minute, Império Futebol Clube's Faustão Félix ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Otmar Elsner. Otmar Elsner yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. After having played for 41 minutes, Ted Habbel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gelsenkirchener jungs's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ted Habbel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gugu Barreto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lennart Pleschke in the 43rd minute of the match. Gelsenkirchener jungs's defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Olívio Cerezo scored to the left of an out of position Otmar Elsner, making the score, 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lennart Pleschke to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Gelsenkirchener jungs's Tonio Stehmer got a free kick in the 54th minute. Faustão Félix sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Otmar Elsner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faustão Félix, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lennart Pleschke sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thiago Ribeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Gelsenkirchener jungs defense, Faustão Félix kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Otmar Elsner. The Gelsenkirchener jungs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Otmar Elsner should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Gelsenkirchener jungs defense, Jerônimo Varela kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Otmar Elsner. The Gelsenkirchener jungs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Otmar Elsner should have stopped the shot. Faustão Félix fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Otmar Elsner having to interfere. Gugu Barreto was a little too slow when Lennart Pleschke got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 5-1. After 84 minutes, Olívio Cerezo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Império Futebol Clube and the Gelsenkirchener jungs players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 85 played minutes Império Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Olívio Cerezo. When Renatinho Marquez fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Império Futebol Clube's protests and gave Renatinho Marquez a yellow card for diving instead. In the 86th minute, one of Império Futebol Clube:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Império Futebol Clube. The score was 5-2 after a penalty in the 87th minute, where Gelsenkirchener jungs:s Vladimir Jeneks tricked Império Futebol Clube:s Gugu Barreto with a difficult ball by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in Império Futebol Clube's zone, Anjo Kölzig stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gugu Barreto came out of the goal and Anjo Kölzig tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ted Habbel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Império Futebol Clube's Olívio Cerezo got a free kick in the 97th minute.