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Match Report
Arena Palestra Ceará
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116,
Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Toni Martinovic kicked off to start the match. Toni Martinovic fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without John Osomo having to interfere. Caio Silveira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. John Osomo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Baraquiel, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Clarence Seedorf kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Julio Garay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ademar Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. John Osomo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Cordera in the 12th minute of play. John Osomo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Martinovic, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Caio Silveira in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Garay saved Rosario Central from getting behind. Rosario Central's Julio Garay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caio Silveira in the 24th minute of play. Caio Silveira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Julio Garay made a huge save. In the 35th minute Caio Silveira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Garay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Baraquiel in the 44th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's goalkeeper John Osomo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rosario Central were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fulvio Maria took the corner. Ademar Rodrigues did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Julio Garay 47 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Caio Silveira to strike the kick off in the second half. Julio Garay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Caio Silveira, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ademar Rodrigues in the 57th minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Julio Garay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 58 minutes Rosario Central's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frederik Cueli who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Frederik Cueli almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Rosario Central's Julio Garay did a great save. Caio Silveira hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Caio Silveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. John Osomo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vilmantas Girdauskas, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Leopoldo Baraquiel hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 75th minute of the match PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ got a corner. Rosario Central's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Frederik Cueli ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Frederik Cueli got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Garay quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 77th minute, Toni Martinovic made a precise shot to the right of John Osomo. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Julio Garay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matías Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Julio Garay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matías Azevedo in the 82nd minute of play. Julio Garay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ademar Rodrigues in the 87th minute of play. Frederik Cueli made a great header on PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's corner, it was just that Rosario Central's Julio Garay managed to reach the ball for a save. Julio Garay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgard Dubardo in the 95th minute of the match. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rosario Central for a fine match.
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