Friendly League

Arena Barcellos
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) S.E. Pindorama Eagles's defense didn't have a chance, in the 8th minute, when Dale Dolar scored to the left of an out of position Vassilis Nentakis, making the score, 1-0. In the 10th minute Lionel-Andrés Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patricio Ugutz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Barcellos Mineiro FC's Patricio Ugutz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 19th minute of play. Patricio Ugutz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barcellos Mineiro FC's Patricio Ugutz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ştefan Magheran in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lionel-Andrés Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patricio Ugutz was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After 30 played minutes S.E. Pindorama Eagles got a freekick which was hit by Frits van Gaal. In the 37th minute Lionel-Andrés Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patricio Ugutz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ştefan Magheran in the 40th minute of play forced Barcellos Mineiro FC's goalkeeper Patricio Ugutz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Barcellos Mineiro FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Michael Meertens hit a great ball. S.E. Pindorama Eagles's Inácio Ponta was substituted for Juvenal Antunes. In the 42nd match minute, Barcellos Mineiro FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Meertens to maneuver through the defense. Lionel-Andrés Messi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lionel-Andrés Messi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Patricio Ugutz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ştefan Magheran to make the kick off. A collision led to Barcellos Mineiro FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Bünyamin Başel hit a great ball. Vassilis Nentakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dale Dolar, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 70th minute Dale Dolar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vassilis Nentakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 72 minutes of play, S.E. Pindorama Eagles's Ştefan Magheran made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patricio Ugutz was left in no man's land by his defense there! S.E. Pindorama Eagles's Luis Vasquez was substituted for Ştefan Magheran. Barcellos Mineiro FC made a substitution. Carlos-Henrique Casemiro replaced Tião Paraíba. After having played for 82 minutes, Marcos Fantini managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barcellos Mineiro FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcos Fantini was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Marcos Fantini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vassilis Nentakis was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Marcos Fantini sped through S.E. Pindorama Eagles's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vassilis Nentakis. Clóvis Vieira made in the 92nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Marcos Fantini however managed to control. S.E. Pindorama Eagles's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.