Friendly League

Arena Joinville
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Joinville Esporte Clube's Bebeto Leal got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After 3 played minutes, E.C 2 Janeiro RS's Fellipe Rezende shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hélio Furtado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in E.C 2 Janeiro RS reached it. After a rather tough play, Joinville Esporte Clube's Luís Fernando Pena got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Hélio Furtado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Valadares in the 5th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Joinville Esporte Clube's Célio Mangueira got a free kick in the 5th minute. 6 minutes into the game, Haroldo Sanches cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Hélio Furtado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marco Valadares scored 0-2 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hélio Furtado, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute, Wiliam Seco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th minute of the match Fellipe Rezende shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hélio Furtado showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 28 played minutes Joinville Esporte Clube got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Valladares. A collision led to E.C 2 Janeiro RS getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Mateus Zanette hit a great ball. E.C 2 Janeiro RS's Geraldo Eger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bebeto Leal in the 34th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paulo Pontes during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 34 played minutes E.C 2 Janeiro RS got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Pontes. Guilherme Penha came free with the goalkeeper in the 38th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Geraldo Eger could save by the left post. The supporters of E.C 2 Janeiro RS booed when Joinville Esporte Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júlio Valladares didn't get a good kick on the ball. 44 minutes into the game, E.C 2 Janeiro RS's Marco Valadares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hélio Furtado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Bebeto Leal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Geraldo Eger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marco Valadares to make the kick off. Joinville Esporte Clube's Hélio Furtado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Joinville Esporte Clube from getting a goal against them. E.C 2 Janeiro RS's Marco Valadares got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 57 minutes into the game, Joinville Esporte Clube's Bebeto Leal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geraldo Eger made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. E.C 2 Janeiro RS's Geraldo Eger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Célio Mangueira in the 63rd minute of play. Geraldo Eger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Célio Mangueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Geraldo Eger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Célio Mangueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 73rd match minute, Joinville Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dário Pontes to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute Célio Mangueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geraldo Eger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hélio Furtado was out of position in the 92 minute of play, and Marco Valadares capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marco Valadares really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. E.C 2 Janeiro RS's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.