World League

Arena Buritama
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcelinho de Salles took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo da Fonseca in the 2nd minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Alexsandro Aguiar came free, but Marcelo Galvão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Buritama Sports's Valdomiro de Senna got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 11th minute, Alexsandro Aguiar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Galvão was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Marcelo Galvão successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wang Wei Sha in the 17th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Itajaí Football Club from getting a goal against them. Marcelo Galvão made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexsandro Aguiar in the 28th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexsandro Aguiar got free with Marcelo Galvão in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcelo Galvão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo da Fonseca in the 31st minute of play. Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Itajaí Football Club from getting a goal against them. In the 35th minute Abelardo da Fonseca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Galvão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo da Fonseca in the 35th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Itajaí Football Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Abelardo da Fonseca scored to the left of an out of position Marcelo Galvão, making the score, 2-1. Marcelo Galvão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo da Fonseca in the 44th minute of play. In the 46th minute, Alexsandro Aguiar reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marcelo Galvão. The goal made the score 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abelardo da Fonseca to strike the kick off in the second half. Marcelo Galvão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vito Senna in the 51st minute of the match. Marcelo Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vito Senna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, Alexsandro Aguiar notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão. Marcelo Galvão was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wang Wei Sha in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcelo Galvão prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Wang Wei Sha put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marcelo Galvão. Itajaí Football Club made a substitution. Carlos Eduardo da Costa replaced Marcelinho de Salles. Conrado Miranda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Murilo Ferreira made a huge save. Marcelo Galvão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexsandro Aguiar in the 69th minute of play. Marcelo Galvão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abelardo da Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Marcelo Galvão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wang Wei Sha in the 74th minute of the match. After 75 minutes of play, Buritama Sports's Alexsandro Aguiar made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Galvão was left in no man's land by his defense there! Buritama Sports made a substitution. Amauri Peixoto replaced Wang Wei Sha. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amauri Peixoto in the 79th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 played minutes Buritama Sports got a freekick which was hit by Nuno Fonseca. Conrado Mirandas short, quick shot in the 82ndth minute got Murilo Ferreira to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Doriva Souto scored 8-1 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Galvão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexsandro Aguiar in the 95th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Buritama Sports were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Itajaí Football Club for a fine match.