Friendly League

Arena Juridica
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristiano Romário took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Milton Diaz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 5 minutes into the match, JURIDIQUES F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Hermes Pinilla came free, but Percy Palmeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Percy Palmeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermes Pinilla, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute, Renatinho Vale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduardo Gómez struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Percy Palmeira didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ►Las Mercedes F.C◄. Percy Palmeira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raul Brandao went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Joe Morales hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silas de Salles during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when JURIDIQUES F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silas de Salles didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute of the match Heraclides Moreno shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Percy Palmeira showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 23 minutes into the match, JURIDIQUES F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Raul Brandao came free, but Percy Palmeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Raul Henríguez got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 29th minute, Raul Brandao made a precise shot to the right of Percy Palmeira. JURIDIQUES F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 35 minutes into the match, JURIDIQUES F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Hermes Pinilla came free, but Percy Palmeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 35 played minutes JURIDIQUES F.C got a freekick which was hit by Silas de Salles. In the 47th minute Eduardo Gómez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percy Palmeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eduardo Gómez to strike the kick off in the second half. Percy Palmeira made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Raul Brandao sent off a good shot on target. 53 minutes into the game, Raul Brandao was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave JURIDIQUES F.C the free kick. The supporters of JURIDIQUES F.C booed when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Brandao didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Hermes Quiros got a free kick in the 54th minute. Percy Palmeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Gómez in the 62nd minute of play. Percy Palmeira came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Joe Morales. But to his dismay, Joe Morales quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Gómez in the 68th minute of play forced JURIDIQUES F.C's goalkeeper Percy Palmeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute of the match Renatinho Vale sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Milton Diaz skillfully saved the ball. After 73 played minutes JURIDIQUES F.C got a freekick which was hit by Emílio Alves. In the 76th minute, Joe Morales got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, JURIDIQUES F.C's Anselmo Koehler got a free kick in the 77th minute. Milton Diaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renatinho Vale in the 82nd minute of the match. After 84 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Hermes Quiros. After a defensive mix-up in JURIDIQUES F.C's zone, Raul Brandao stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Percy Palmeira came out of the goal and Raul Brandao tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.