Prized/Friendly Cup

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) James Batistuta made the kick off and thus started the match. James Batistuta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Hortêncio Berger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. BRASIL.Sp's Hortêncio Berger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Löfgren in the 6th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Daniel Löfgren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hortêncio Berger was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 14th minute, Luís Paulo Barbosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute, James Batistuta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A4p FC Gad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Hortêncio Berger took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Löfgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If João Adolfo Trevisan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by James Batistuta in the 32nd minute of play forced BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Hortêncio Berger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Paulo Barbosa to maneuver through the defense.

The wind increased when Cido Cardozo made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Cido Cardozo came free, but Glenn Fyfe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thiago Ramalho kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Hortêncio Berger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from King Scorpio in the 59th minute of the match. Hortêncio Berger made an important save on a dangerous shot by James Batistuta in the 65th minute. BRASIL.Sp's Doriva Jacinto was substituted for Dorival de Queirós. Moisés Linhares hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Gică Busuioc struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Hortêncio Berger didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for A4p FC Gad. With an all-out effort, A4p FC Gad's Hortêncio Berger threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gică Busuioc, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After taking down the ball on A4p FC Gad's corner Olle Olsson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hortêncio Berger quite easily take care of the ball. When A4p FC Gad's Gică Busuioc in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BRASIL.Sp's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice moves Flavius Cândroveanu could shoot a difficult shot in the 80th minute, which Hortêncio Berger however easily saved by the left post. Hortêncio Berger made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Gică Busuioc sent off a good shot on target. BRASIL.Sp's Hortêncio Berger proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save BRASIL.Sp from getting a goal against them. A4p FC Gad's Anfilogino Manzi quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Doriva Jacinto, made in the 91st minute of the game. 91 minutes into the game, Anfilogino Manzi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. A4p FC Gad's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BRASIL.Sp the free kick. The supporters of BRASIL.Sp booed when A4p FC Gad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anfilogino Manzi didn't get a good kick on the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Cido Cardozo in the 93rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by A4p FC Gad's Iulian Berceanu. A4p FC Gad were awarded a corner in the 97th minute after BRASIL.Sp's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Olle Olsson took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of BRASIL.Sp's goalie and right to Flavius Cândroveanu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. BRASIL.Sp's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the match was over A4p FC Gad could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than BRASIL.Sp throughout the match.