League

Parc des Princes
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Nando Gerber made the kick off and thus started the match. Dino Saldanha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Fernando Quintal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 5 minutes into the match, Laércio Cardozo notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Karavela's Denílson Catarinense. Denílson Catarinense was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 11 minutes of play, XV de Piracicaba's João Augusto de Souza made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Denílson Catarinense was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fernando Quintal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dino Saldanha in the 15th minute of play. Matías Rosa's late challenge caught a Karavela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matías Rosa helped the player get up and apologised. Matías Rosa kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Guto Rosado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Karavela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Laércio Cardozo took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Denílson Catarinense to make any attempt to save it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adriano Melo during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Nando Gerber placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! In the 38th match minute, XV de Piracicaba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonçalo da Rocha to maneuver through the defense. Nando Gerber charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nando Gerber the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fernando Quintal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guto Rosado in the 46th minute of the match. After some careless play in the XV de Piracicaba defense, Guto Rosado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Quintal. The XV de Piracicaba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Quintal should have stopped the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Guto Rosado to strike the kick off in the second half. Denílson Catarinense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nando Gerber, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Gláuber da Silveira was shown his second yellow card after 60 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Gláuber da Silveira hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Denílson Catarinense didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Laércio Cardozo went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to XV de Piracicaba getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Renan Sergipano hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, XV de Piracicaba's Laércio Cardozo got a free kick in the 69th minute. 71 minutes into the game, Laércio Cardozo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-2. Denílson Catarinense was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, XV de Piracicaba's João Augusto de Souza got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 79th minute Laércio Cardozo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denílson Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nando Gerber was shown his second yellow card after 80 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Nando Gerber hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. The supporters of Karavela booed when XV de Piracicaba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gonçalo da Rocha didn't get a good kick on the ball. The XV de Piracicaba support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.