U21 League

Arena TSS
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Ronaldo Joinvilense started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Galo do Japi's attentive Laerte Caca-Rato managed to snatch the ball when Faustão Alvarenga made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. After having played for 7 minutes, Ronaldo Joinvilense managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Galo do Japi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ronaldo Joinvilense was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 10 minutes of play, Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Joinvilense made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Germano Moraes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Galo do Japi's attentive Laerte Caca-Rato managed to snatch the ball when Bebeto Maia made a throw-in in the 14th minute of the game. In the 20th minute of the match Galo do Japi got a corner. Mundial EC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Laerte Caca-Rato ran over to the corner to take the kick. Fernandinho Pinheiro's late challenge caught a Mundial EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernandinho Pinheiro helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Galo do Japi getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Fernandinho Pinheiro hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Ronaldo Joinvilense managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galo do Japi's supporters rose to their feet, but Ronaldo Joinvilense was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Germano Moraes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Germano Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Mundial EC's Germano Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 38th minute of play. Galo do Japi's Laerte Caca-Rato managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Faustão Alvarenga in the 40 minute of the game. 48 minutes into the match, Mundial EC's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Joinvilense came free, but Germano Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arí Travassos was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Li Li in the 51st minute of play forced Galo do Japi's goalkeeper Delfim Chaves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Ronaldo Joinvilense reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Germano Moraes. The goal made the score 0-2. Murilo de Almeida made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Galo do Japi's Laerte Caca-Rato. Delfim Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arí Travassos in the 61st minute of the match. Mundial EC's Reinaldo de Alcântara suffered a concussion in the 61st minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Fernandinho Botelho's late challenge caught a Mundial EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernandinho Botelho helped the player get up and apologised. Mundial EC's Manfredo Aguiar was substituted for Reinaldo de Alcântara. A collision led to Galo do Japi getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Fernandinho Botelho hit a great ball. Delfim Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manfredo Aguiar in the 64th minute of the match. In the 68th match minute, Galo do Japi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Catarinense to maneuver through the defense. Galo do Japi's Laerte Caca-Rato quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Murilo de Almeida, made in the 74th minute of the game. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mundial EC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Laerte Caca-Rato was slow to take the kick. During this time Galo do Japi's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Galo do Japi's corner Laerte Caca-Rato fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Germano Moraes quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arí Travassos in the 77th minute of play forced Galo do Japi's goalkeeper Delfim Chaves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Galo do Japi were awarded a corner. Laerte Caca-Rato went to the cornerflag to take it. Germano Moraes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Catarinense's late challenge caught a Mundial EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joel Catarinense helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Galo do Japi's Joel Catarinense got a free kick in the 88th minute. Egídio França made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Galo do Japi's Laerte Caca-Rato. Galo do Japi's Laerte Caca-Rato managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Murilo de Almeida in the 95 minute of the game.