Friendly League

Caipirão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Loic Deal got the match started through his kick off. Loic Deal took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cláudio Taffarel. Cláudio Taffarel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loic Deal in the 16th minute of the match. Adolphe Murdock sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Cláudio Taffarel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Loic Deal went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Varennes getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Lee Coffman hit a great ball. Noroeste Paulista's Cláudio Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loic Deal in the 32nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Varennes's Randell McCullough got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Brice Leach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raimundo Reis in the 36th minute of the match. A collision led to Varennes getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Felicien Mooney hit a great ball. Brice Leach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Augusto Azevedo in the 42nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Varennes's Lee Coffman got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The supporters of Varennes booed when Noroeste Paulista was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Augusto Azevedo didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Geovânio Quirino was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Varennes's goal looked a bit too open when Raimundo Reis came free, but Brice Leach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute, Ellsworth Lindsay 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. Raimundo Reis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brice Leach having to interfere. Cláudio Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ellsworth Lindsay, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Noroeste Paulista's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gale Laliberté was slow to take the kick. During this time Varennes's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Sandy Hendrix heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ellsworth Lindsay in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovânio Quirino in the 71st minute of play forced Varennes's goalkeeper Brice Leach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Varennes's Brice Leach played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovânio Quirino in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Ellsworth Lindsay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cláudio Taffarel. Noroeste Paulista's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ellsworth Lindsay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Noroeste Paulista's Raí Custódio was substituted for Raimundo Reis. Noroeste Paulista made a substitution. Franklin Vander replaced Geovânio Quirino. 81 minutes into the match, Noroeste Paulista's goal looked a bit too open when Ellsworth Lindsay came free, but Cláudio Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute of the match Varennes got a corner. Noroeste Paulista's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gale Laliberté ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gale Laliberté made a great header on Varennes's corner, it was just that Noroeste Paulista's Cláudio Taffarel managed to reach the ball for a save. After 88 played minutes Noroeste Paulista got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Fernando Dante. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gale Laliberté in the 89th minute of play. The Varennes supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Varennes would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.