Friendly League

Arena do Inferno
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Humberto Pitta made the kick off and thus started the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Fabiano Abraão managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabiano Abraão was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 6 minutes into the game, Zuberbühler FC's Braulio Neto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Willian Trevisan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 9 minutes into the game, Wilfredo Vargas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Willian Trevisan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Humberto Pitta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Zoran Zahrádka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute, Dorian de Moraes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zoran Zahrádka. The goal made the score 2-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Braulio Neto in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Willian Trevisan saved Merusca F&P - CIMZ from getting behind. In the 26th minute Braulio Neto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Willian Trevisan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Merusca F&P - CIMZ defense, Braulio Neto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Willian Trevisan. The Merusca F&P - CIMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Willian Trevisan should have stopped the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Jorge Ponc in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Raimundo Amorim. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dorian de Moraes got free with Zoran Zahrádka in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-4.

Willian Trevisan was out of position in the 53 minute of play, and Braulio Neto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Braulio Neto really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. With a little luck, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Willian Trevisan got control of the ball when Braulio Neto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Gilmar Donato was substituted for Raimundo Amorim. Zuberbühler FC's Elvio Crispo was substituted for Wilfredo Vargas. Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Şah Conkur was substituted for Frédson Leme. In the 69th minute of the game Constantino Galindo made a throw-in which Braulio Neto played forward. Şah Conkur's late challenge caught a Zuberbühler FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Şah Conkur helped the player get up and apologised. Şah Conkur hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dorian de Moraes in the 77th minute of play forced Zuberbühler FC's goalkeeper Zoran Zahrádka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zoran Zahrádka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Humberto Pitta in the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Marcinho Negri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zoran Zahrádka. Zuberbühler FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcinho Negri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. 84 minutes into the game, Merusca F&P - CIMZ's Marcinho Negri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zoran Zahrádka made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-5. In the 92nd minute of the game, Tano Gutiérrez landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. In the 93rd match minute, Merusca F&P - CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhuo Sha Le to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute, Jacinto Sidro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zuberbühler FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.