World League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) JK Koljala's Edvard Kupits 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. José Pedro Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaur Vaasna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Edvard Kupits's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Pedro Bertassi was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. JK Koljala were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Botafogo AP's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Edvard Kupits took the corner. After taking down the ball on JK Koljala's corner Maarek Ernesaks fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and José Pedro Bertassi quite easily take care of the ball. José Pedro Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Härmo Redi in the 6th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Kaur Vaasna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute JK Koljala were awarded a corner. Edvard Kupits went to the cornerflag to take it. José Pedro Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaur Vaasna in the 15th minute of play. If Fritz Ernst Joinvilense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fritz Ernst Joinvilense's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Charlie Browald read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. José Pedro Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaur Vaasna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 22 minutes of play, JK Koljala's Kaur Vaasna made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Pedro Bertassi was left in no man's land by his defense there! When JK Koljala's Kaur Vaasna in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Botafogo AP's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th minute Härmo Redi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Härmo Redi in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Botafogo AP's goal looked a bit too open when Kaur Vaasna came free, but José Pedro Bertassi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 34 minutes, Fritz Ernst Joinvilense managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Botafogo AP's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fritz Ernst Joinvilense was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 35th minute Kaur Vaasna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Charlie Browald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fritz Ernst Joinvilense in the 38th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Edvard Kupits notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi. José Pedro Bertassi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 43 played minutes Botafogo AP got a freekick which was hit by Gugu Simões. José Pedro Bertassi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kaur Vaasna's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. José Pedro Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Härmo Redi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Botafogo AP players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. JK Koljala were winning 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fritz Ernst Joinvilense to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rdth minute of the game Maarek Ernesaks who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 54th minute, Maarek Ernesaks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Pedro Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaur Vaasna, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Botafogo AP's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ademir de Almeida in the 58th minute. The corner ended in Ademir de Almeida almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but JK Koljala's Charlie Browald did a great save. JK Koljala's Edvard Kupits got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Adriano Fernandez hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. José Pedro Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaur Vaasna, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. José Pedro Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaur Vaasna in the 63rd minute of play. Kaur Vaasna scored 0-4 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of José Pedro Bertassi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. JK Koljala's Jan Rääk was substituted for Jaanus Lokko. After 79 played minutes Botafogo AP got a freekick which was hit by Wesley Barral. A hard shot by Riivo Aller from long distance, 82 minutes into the match, got José Pedro Bertassi's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 84th minute Carlos Eduardo Furlan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Charlie Browald saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Botafogo AP's goal looked a bit too open when Kuno Viru came free, but José Pedro Bertassi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th match minute, Botafogo AP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wiliam Couto to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Botafogo AP's Wiliam Couto got a free kick in the 88th minute. Janari Õunapuu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 91stth minute, José Pedro Bertassi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 93 minutes into the match, JK Koljala's goal looked a bit too open when Ademir de Almeida came free, but Charlie Browald reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Pedro Bertassi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Janari Õunapuu went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. JK Koljala's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.