Friendly League

Battle of death
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. José Ramos started the match with the kick off. Emílio Alves kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. 5 minutes into the game, José Ramos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alfredinho Cordeiro. José Ramos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 10th minute, José Ramos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfredinho Cordeiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Calito Garcia got a free kick in the 13th minute. Alfredinho Cordeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diómedes Rodriguez in the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, JURIDIQUES F.C's goalkeeper Alfredinho Cordeiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Ramos. Dé Vargas's late challenge caught a ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dé Vargas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 18th minute, Dé Vargas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When José Ramos came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that José Ramos couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Ramos in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alfredinho Cordeiro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 23rd minute, Jon Birkfeld hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Renatinho Vale took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sergio Gutierrez. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Calito Garcia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfredinho Cordeiro. JURIDIQUES F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Calito Garcia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. With his leg Alfredinho Cordeiro managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alfredinho Cordeiro came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Diómedes Rodriguez. But to his dismay, Diómedes Rodriguez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. José Ramos might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alfredinho Cordeiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Ramos ran back to his position shaking his head. José Ramos did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-0 to the left of a surprised Alfredinho Cordeiro 38 minutes into the match. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after JURIDIQUES F.C's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Miguel Pimentel took the corner. José Ramos scored 6-0 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfredinho Cordeiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Eurico Nascimento made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute Diómedes Rodriguez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredinho Cordeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Diómedes Rodriguez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Lambis Kostopoulos was substituted for Calito Garcia. In the 65thth minute of the game Diómedes Rodriguez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but JURIDIQUES F.C's Alfredinho Cordeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Diómedes Rodriguez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfredinho Cordeiro. JURIDIQUES F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diómedes Rodriguez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. After 85 minutes, José Ramos made it 12-0 with a short kick to the right side. JURIDIQUES F.C's Alfredinho Cordeiro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 88 minutes into the game, José Ramos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 13-0. Alfredinho Cordeiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 91 minutes into the game, José Ramos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 14-0. Alfredinho Cordeiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.