World League

Mirabela
Spectators: 7607 (Terracing: 5706, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) Inter de São Paulo's Pedro Donatello started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pedro Donatello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. José Paulo Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manuel Negri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kléber Salles having to interfere. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s José Paulo Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laércio Loureiro in the 10th minute of play. In the 12th minute, Pedro Luiz de Senna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Laércio Loureiro in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg José Paulo Romero saved ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ from getting behind. In the 15th minute Manuel Negri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kléber Salles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kléber Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elano Rezende, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Elano Rezende in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s corner Elano Rezende fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kléber Salles quite easily take care of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Elano Rezende managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Elano Rezende was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kléber Salles breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee felt a red card was in order, 22 minutes into the game, when Eurico Penha put in a rough tackle. Eurico Penha kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Elano Rezende recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kléber Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elano Rezende, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Inter de São Paulo getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Predrag Djordjević hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcelinho Costa to strike the kick off in the second half. When Marcelinho Costa fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s protests and gave Marcelinho Costa a yellow card for diving instead. Marcelinho Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Dida Doutté hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elano Rezende made a great header on ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s corner, it was just that Inter de São Paulo's Kléber Salles managed to reach the ball for a save. Kléber Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelinho Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 69th minute, João Pedro Nogueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laércio Loureiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without José Paulo Romero having to make a save. José Paulo Romero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Laércio Loureiro in the 70th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Laércio Loureiro got free with José Paulo Romero in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kléber Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelinho Costa in the 79th minute of the match. 82 minutes into the game, Pedro Donatello recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of José Paulo Romero. Pedro Donatello showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-2. When ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Marcelinho Costa in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter de São Paulo's goalie prevented a goal. Inter de São Paulo's Kléber Salles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelinho Costa in the 87th minute of play. After 92 minutes, Laércio Saldanha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ and the Inter de São Paulo players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Laércio Saldanha got a free kick in the 92nd minute. After a rather tough play, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Luiz Paulo Dionísio got a free kick in the 96th minute. José Paulo Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerson Coelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.