Friendly League

Palestra Itália
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Malte Örtendahl started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute Malte Örtendahl shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Steele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnaldo Félix fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peter Steele having to interfere. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Falcão Albuquerque was slow to take the kick. During this time Estação F.C's players had a chance to rest. Arnaldo Félix was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. When Belmiro Figueiredo came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Estação 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 Belmiro Figueiredo couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in PALMEIRAS-UTAH's zone, Falcão Albuquerque stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Peter Steele came out of the goal and Falcão Albuquerque tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Peter Steele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Malte Örtendahl in the 18th minute of the match. In the 23rdth minute of the game Malte Örtendahl who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Peter Steele was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Severino Vergílio was out of position in the 27 minute of play, and Odysseas Voutsas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Odysseas Voutsas really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 30th minute Malte Örtendahl shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Steele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter Steele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Belmiro Figueiredo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Reyes Boyle in the 35th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Estação F.C's Luizinho Ramos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Malte Örtendahl in the 40th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Belmiro Figueiredo made a precise shot to the right of Peter Steele. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belmiro Figueiredo in the 44th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Severino Vergílio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Pirani in the 47th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andre Randall to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Eugen in the 58th minute of play forced Estação F.C's goalkeeper Severino Vergílio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Estação F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Pirani came free, but Severino Vergílio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Falcão Albuquerque came free, but Peter Steele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Severino Vergílio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andre Randall went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arnaldo Félix got free with Peter Steele in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Peter Steele proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save PALMEIRAS-UTAH from getting a goal against them. In the 77th minute, Luizinho Ramos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luizinho Ramos kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Estação F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Odysseas Voutsas came free, but Severino Vergílio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peter Steele made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Falcão Albuquerque sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdomiro Couto got free with Peter Steele in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Peter Steele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Malte Örtendahl in the 85th minute of play. Peter Steele made an important save on a dangerous shot by Falcão Albuquerque in the 87th minute. Severino Vergílio came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Tristan Alford. But to his dismay, Tristan Alford quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. 94 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Malte Örtendahl came free, but Peter Steele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the Estação F.C players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for PALMEIRAS-UTAH.