Friendly League

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Natalio Nabar took the kick off in the first half of the match. Anibal Egoitz made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Marcus Batista sent off a good shot on target. Krzysztof Jaraczeski's late challenge caught a El Retorno de Palermo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Krzysztof Jaraczeski helped the player get up and apologised. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Natalio Nabar put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dráusio Ortiz. In the 22nd minute, Alberto Walme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. VERONA FC's Dráusio Ortiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Nabar in the 25th minute of play. A collision led to El Retorno de Palermo getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Julian Afonso hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, El Retorno de Palermo's Guillermo Espiridion got a free kick in the 37th minute. Anibal Egoitz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dida Tróia in the 39th minute. Cristóvão de Barros hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Marcus Batista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Anibal Egoitz made a huge save. 44 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Cléber Valle came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcus Batista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Anibal Egoitz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcus Batista to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Dida Tróia came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anibal Egoitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cléber Valle in the 56th minute of the match. Anibal Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Alfredão Cosme notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz. Anibal Egoitz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. VERONA FC made a substitution. Pedro Luiz das Neves replaced Fábio Pires. El Retorno de Palermo's Julian Afonso came free and shot a quick shot against goal 66 minutes in the game, fortunately Dráusio Ortiz had problems saving as it came toward the left post. After having played for 71 minutes, Julian Afonso managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Retorno de Palermo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julian Afonso was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. VERONA FC made a substitution. Renatinho Gaúcho replaced Cléber Valle. El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Batista in the 77th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredão Cosme came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 81 minutes, Marcus Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VERONA FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcus Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 85 played minutes El Retorno de Palermo got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Napier. Anibal Egoitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renatinho Gaúcho in the 88th minute of play. In the 93rd minute Marcus Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anibal Egoitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. VERONA FC were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing El Retorno de Palermo to leave the ground with a draw.