World League

Arena Magic United
Spectators: 8049 (Terracing: 6038, Seating: 1851, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mané Lara started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute, Joinville United - FSCMZ's Mané Lara ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Donato Balestra. Donato Balestra yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Calenzano's Ahmed Sinan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guilherme Joinvilense, made in the 10th minute of the game. 13 minutes into the game, Guilherme Joinvilense threw the ball into play from the sideline. Calenzano's Ahmed Sinan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 15th minute, Achille Sciamanna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Donato Balestra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mané Lara in the 17th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Guilherme Joinvilense in the 18th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Calenzano's Antonello Di Toma. Calenzano's Donato Balestra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Calenzano from getting a goal against them. In the 27th minute Arturo Di Matteo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Gruchacz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Arturo Di Matteo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Borys Gruchacz was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 36th minute of the game Antonello Di Toma made a throw-in which Arturo Di Matteo played forward. The supporters of Calenzano booed when Joinville United - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evgeniy Bakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fedele Alessandrini's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Borys Gruchacz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Joinville United - FSCMZ's Borys Gruchacz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Di Matteo in the 40th minute of play. In the 40th match minute, Joinville United - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mané Lara to maneuver through the defense. Calenzano's Enzo Martelli quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Guilherme Joinvilense, made in the 46th minute of the game.

The wind increased when Arturo Di Matteo made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Arturo Di Matteo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Calenzano's supporters rose to their feet, but Arturo Di Matteo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Borys Gruchacz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 59 minutes into the match, Joinville United - FSCMZ's Mané Lara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Donato Balestra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joinville United - FSCMZ's Alesandro Coutinho was substituted for Elberg As. Joinville United - FSCMZ's Lennart Khan was substituted for Didi Cardozo. In the 63rd minute of the game Antonello Di Toma made a throw-in which Alessandro Giocondo played forward. After some careless play in the Calenzano defense, Alesandro Coutinho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donato Balestra. The Calenzano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donato Balestra should have stopped the shot. Alesandro Coutinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Donato Balestra having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Alesandro Coutinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Joinville United - FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 82 minutes into the match, Calenzano's goal looked a bit too open when Maurício Donatello came free, but Donato Balestra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Pierrot Leenpoels came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Calenzano 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 Pierrot Leenpoels couldn't finish the play. Donato Balestra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alesandro Coutinho in the 85th minute of the match. The supporters of Joinville United - FSCMZ booed when Calenzano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonello Di Toma didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pierrot Leenpoels who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Borys Gruchacz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Borys Gruchacz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pierrot Leenpoels in the 94th minute of the match.