Friendly League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lanny Gilmore started the match with the kick off. Santos FC's attentive Terence Nicholas managed to snatch the ball when Liu Ping Di made a throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game. Murilo Lopez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arturo Turner's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute Lanny Gilmore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Murilo Lopez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arturo Turner got free with Murilo Lopez in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 13 minutes into the match, Santos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aniol Sampil came free, but Aaron Smallwood reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15thth minute of the game Lanny Gilmore who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Murilo Lopez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Arturo Turner put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Murilo Lopez. After 22 minutes ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dominic Albright who took care of the corner kick. Murilo Lopez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lanny Gilmore's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lanny Gilmore in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Murilo Lopez saved ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC from getting behind. Aaron Smallwood showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chiquito Reyes, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Liu Ping Di in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Santos FC's Terence Nicholas. Lanny Gilmore sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 38th minute ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC were awarded a corner. Mathias Mesquita went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's corner Mathias Mesquita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aaron Smallwood quite easily take care of the ball. Mathias Mesquita succeeded in the game's 38th minute to get real power on a long shot . Santos FC's Aaron Smallwood hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 1-1! If Lanny Gilmore had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aniol Sampil stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Murilo Lopez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lanny Gilmore, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Liu Ping Di in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Santos FC's Terence Nicholas. Murilo Lopez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lanny Gilmore, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The audience was convinced that Lanny Gilmore's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Murilo Lopez was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Murilo Lopez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lanny Gilmore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Murilo Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 71st minute of play. Santos FC's attentive Titus Kohler managed to snatch the ball when Liu Ping Di made a throw-in in the 77th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lanny Gilmore in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Murilo Lopez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Aaron Smallwood successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The throw-in from Liu Ping Di in the 85th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Santos FC's Terence Nicholas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 86th minute of play forced ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's goalkeeper Murilo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Alberto Peragallo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Aaron Smallwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 92 minutes of play, Santos FC's Lanny Gilmore made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Murilo Lopez was left in no man's land by his defense there!