World League

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 7470 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 149) Zézinho Dracena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Greger Hääger in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute of the match Swindon Sweden FF got a corner. BRASIL.Sp's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Brian Falck ran over to the corner to take the kick. Matthias Salkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 9th match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wiliam Goiano to maneuver through the defense. Brian Falck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zézinho Dracena having to interfere. Doriva Jacinto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Reynaldo Tino came out and tried to block the shot, but Doriva Jacinto slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 15th minute. Zézinho Dracena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Östman in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to BRASIL.Sp getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Renan Sousa hit a great ball. Marcus Östman scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zézinho Dracena, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zézinho Dracena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kurt Haglund in the 29th minute of the match. Doriva Jacinto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Reynaldo Tino having to make a save. Matthias Salkvist made in the 35th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Greger Hääger however managed to control. Zézinho Dracena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Östman in the 37th minute of the match. Matthias Salkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Nilmar Trevisan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Reynaldo Tino. Swindon Sweden FF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nilmar Trevisan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

BRASIL.Sp made a substitution. Nestor Gonzáles replaced Telmo Dante. Swindon Sweden FF's Reynaldo Tino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Gonzáles in the 64th minute of play. BRASIL.Sp's Zé Roberto Orange was substituted for Nilmar Trevisan. Celsinho Mendonça kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Brian Falck's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zézinho Dracena read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. Zézinho Dracena made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Östman in the 76th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Doriva Jacinto in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Reynaldo Tino prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Brian Falck's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Zézinho Dracena firmly grabbed it by the left post. With his leg Zézinho Dracena managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Swindon Sweden FF's Brian Falck fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 91st minute, Wiliam Goiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Zé Roberto Orange came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the BRASIL.Sp fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zé Roberto Orange couldn't finish the play.