Exeter City's came from one goal down to win their final game of their Brazilian tour against the Rio Cricket Club (RCC) select XI.
Christy Pym started the match in goal with a back five of Aaron Dawson, Jordan Tillson, Pat Baldwin, Danny Coles and Ollie Watkins in front of him.
Danny Butterfield, Matt Grimes and Arron Davies made up the midfield, while Tom Nichols partnered Matt Jay up front.
The cricket club are an amateur team in the Rio leagues and, broadly speaking, play at the equivalent to Western League level in England. However, they showed plenty of confidence right from the off, playing out from their own goal line at times.
However, this was mostly down to the City pressing, keeping them nailed down and therefore having the territorial advantage on a lush pitch, not brilliantly suited to passing play.
On the ball, though, City demonstrated the now familiar neatness, but were unable to quite break through despite several clever attacks notably involving Nichols, who was denied each time by last ditch blocks, saves by the keeper or sheer weight of numbers in the Brazlian side's defence.
Nichols also found space and time on the left to pick out Aaron Dawson coming in at the far post but his cross was just too high for Dawson to keep his header under the bar.
Against the run of play RCC took the lead with a chipped ball and neat finish through the middle of the visiting defence.
City boss Paul Tisdale rang the changes at half-time with Scot Bennett, Craig Woodman, Dave Wheeler, Matt Oakley and Jimmy Keohane taking the field.
The fresh line up helped City achieve parity within four minutes when a superb intricate passing move, involving five players, opened up the defence and allowed Keohane to tap in his second goal in Brazil.
The Rio Cricket Club team were visibly tiring and the goal was a jolt to any confidence they had gleaned from the 1-0 scoreline at half-time.
On 65 minutes, City took the lead. The Grecians had been having great success down the right and Grimes dinked a ball into Jay who finished well from a tight angle to make it 2-1.
Shortly after, Tisdale again brought himself on, clearly with instant effect as City extended their lead immediately. RCC were be caught trying to play the ball out from defence as Watkins picked up the ball and slotted a shot past the keeper from the edge of the box.
The game was City's by now and it could have been four when Watkins went on a John Barnes-esque run, but hecouldn't quite finish it off having rounded the keeper.
Exeter City: Pym, Dawson (off 45, on 60), Watkins, Baldwin (capt) (off 45), Coles (off 45), Tillson, Butterfield (off 45), Davies (off 60), Grimes (off 85), Jay (off 69), Nichols. (off 45)
SUBS: Bennett (on 45), Oakley (on 45), Woodman (on 45), Tisdale (on 69), Keohane (on 45), Wheeler (on 45), Luan (on 85)
