World League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Fritz Ernst Joinvilense made the kick off and thus started the match. Guto Kleber might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Pedro Bertassi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Guto Kleber ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 4th minute Guto Kleber 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. The audience was convinced that Guto Kleber's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Pedro Bertassi was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. José Pedro Bertassi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guto Kleber's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Botafogo AP's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guto Kleber was slow to take the kick. During this time Leões do Sul 53's players had a chance to rest. José Pedro Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Barreto in the 13th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Guto Kleber's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Pedro Bertassi was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 19th minute, Raúl Motta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Pedro Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Barreto in the 24th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Botafogo AP's Fritz Ernst Joinvilense dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After 35 minutes of play, Leões do Sul 53's Rony Rüşti made it 1-1 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! An unexpectedly hard shot by Guto Kleber in the 41st minute of play forced Botafogo AP's goalkeeper José Pedro Bertassi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Leões do Sul 53 defense, Fritz Ernst Joinvilense kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leandro Custódio. The Leões do Sul 53 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leandro Custódio should have stopped the shot. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Guto Kleber to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Botafogo AP's zone, Guto Kleber stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Pedro Bertassi came out of the goal and Guto Kleber tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. José Pedro Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kraig Sandoval in the 56th minute of play. Fritz Ernst Joinvilense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Fritz Ernst Joinvilense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. José Pedro Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kraig Sandoval in the 66th minute of the match. Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Botafogo AP from getting a goal against them. Leões do Sul 53's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guto Kleber in the 68th minute. The corner ended in Guto Kleber almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi did a great save. A collision led to Leões do Sul 53 getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Raúl Motta hit a great ball. Fritz Ernst Joinvilense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Leandro Custódio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Botafogo AP's goalkeeper José Pedro Bertassi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guto Kleber. Leões do Sul 53's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guto Kleber in the 77th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Rony Rüşti to score against José Pedro Bertassi in Botafogo AP's goal. 2-2 after 77 minutes. In the 81st minute Carlos Eduardo Furlan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leandro Custódio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sandro Branco hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Botafogo AP's Edson Marquez was substituted for Adriano Fernandez. A collision led to Botafogo AP getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Sandro Branco hit a great ball. A collision led to Leões do Sul 53 getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Christiano Barreto hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlos Eduardo Furlan in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Leandro Custódio saved Leões do Sul 53 from getting behind. Leões do Sul 53's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.