Prized/Friendly Cup

Monumental Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when David Torres made the kick off which started today's match. Lorenzo Viergol scored 1-0 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelinho Abraão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcelinho Abraão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Gentenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 20 minutes Barcelona de América's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zé Pelé who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Zé Pelé got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alfred Kochowski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alfred Kochowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dudu de Andrade, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. YESHUA F.C's Marcelinho Abraão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save YESHUA F.C from getting a goal against them. Marcelinho Abraão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Gentenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Barcelona de América's Ronaldinho Gentenaar in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye YESHUA F.C's goalie prevented a goal. In the 32nd minute, Ronaldinho Gentenaar made a precise shot to the right of Marcelinho Abraão. YESHUA F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. If Ronaldinho Gentenaar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 42 minutes into the match, YESHUA F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldinho Gentenaar came free, but Marcelinho Abraão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind YESHUA F.C's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Barcelona de América made a substitution. Juan Guerrero replaced Zumar Gascon. Barcelona de América made a substitution. Perlaza Lena replaced Ronaldinho Gentenaar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krišjānis Ābeļnieks in the 54th minute of play forced YESHUA F.C's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute, Krišjānis Ābeļnieks left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Barcelona de América fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. In the 59th minute Krišjānis Ābeļnieks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Abraão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 60 minutes, Krišjānis Ābeļnieks managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barcelona de América's supporters crossed their fingers, but Krišjānis Ābeļnieks was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marcelinho Abraão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krišjānis Ābeļnieks in the 64th minute of play. Krišjānis Ābeļnieks took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcelinho Abraão. Marcelinho Abraão dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. 73 minutes into the match, Barcelona de América's Krišjānis Ābeļnieks sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcelinho Abraão narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 78th minute Krišjānis Ābeļnieks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Abraão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind YESHUA F.C's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by YESHUA F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Perlaza Lena was slow to take the kick. During this time Barcelona de América's players had a chance to rest. 84 minutes into the match, Krišjānis Ābeļnieks had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelinho Abraão. YESHUA F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Krišjānis Ābeļnieks was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After 92 minutes, Wágner Linares mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the YESHUA F.C and the Barcelona de América players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, YESHUA F.C's Wágner Linares got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Marcelinho Abraão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Krišjānis Ābeļnieks, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. In the 95th minute of the match Barcelona de América got a corner. YESHUA F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Perlaza Lena ran over to the corner to take the kick. Barcelona de América's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.