Friendly League

MINEIRÃO
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Mário Maradona managed to get in a good position for a shot. MINEIROS's supporters rose to their feet, but Mário Maradona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Toninho Pinheiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Mário Maradona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Toninho Pinheiro made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Mário Maradona sent off a good shot on target. Denver Volante made in the 10th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Guilherme Abud. After 12 minutes, Nilton Netto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DENVER™ and the MINEIROS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, DENVER™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nilton Netto to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Nilton Netto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, DENVER™'s goalkeeper Toninho Pinheiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mário Maradona. 18 minutes into the match, DENVER™'s goalkeeper Toninho Pinheiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mário Maradona. Márcio Guedes's late challenge caught a MINEIROS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Márcio Guedes helped the player get up and apologised. MINEIROS's Teodoro Heidemann managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Nilton Netto in the 25 minute of the game. 28 minutes in the game Nilton Netto did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Denver Volante. MINEIROS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Humberto Severo in the 32nd minute. The audience was convinced that Mário Maradona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toninho Pinheiro was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 37th minute MINEIROS were awarded a corner. Humberto Severo went to the cornerflag to take it. 40 minutes into the match, DENVER™'s goalkeeper Toninho Pinheiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mário Maradona. 42 minutes into the match, Mário Maradona dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Toninho Pinheiro, 1-0. In the 47th minute, Mário Maradona 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mário Maradona to strike the kick off in the second half. Roberto Cunha fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 59th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. In the 61st minute Mário Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toninho Pinheiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute, Mário Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MINEIROS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 66th minute, Roberto Cunha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MINEIROS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Adrianinho Negri lost his temper 73 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of DENVER™:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of MINEIROS:s goal. 80 minutes into the game, MINEIROS's Bon Čáp nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Toninho Pinheiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. When MINEIROS's Bon Čáp in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DENVER™'s goalie prevented a goal. 88 minutes into the game, MINEIROS's Bon Čáp nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Toninho Pinheiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. After 94 minutes of play, MINEIROS's Bon Čáp made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Toninho Pinheiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. MINEIROS had played much better football throughout.