World League

Botinho FC
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. José Carlos Simões started the match with the kick off. Gualter Nascimento might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Régis de Queirós. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gualter Nascimento ran back to his position shaking his head. 8 minutes into the match, Palmeiras's José Carlos Simões sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hílton Magalhães narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 10 minutes into the match, Botinho FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luke Clist came free, but Hílton Magalhães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Botinho FC's goalie and right to José Carlos Simões. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Botinho FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 13th minute Luke Clist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hílton Magalhães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Botinho FC's goal looked a bit too open when José Carlos Simões came free, but Hílton Magalhães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st minute, José Carlos Simões made a precise shot to the right of Hílton Magalhães. Botinho FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Hílton Magalhães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carlos Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 32ndth minute of the game Luke Clist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botinho FC's Hílton Magalhães was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hílton Magalhães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luke Clist in the 37th minute of the match. Hílton Magalhães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Carlos Simões in the 39th minute of the match. Hílton Magalhães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luke Clist in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Egídio Ortiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rdth minute of the game José Carlos Simões who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botinho FC's Hílton Magalhães was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that José Carlos Simões's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hílton Magalhães was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. After 47 minutes of play, Palmeiras's Leonardo Donato made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hílton Magalhães was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

If José Carlos Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hílton Magalhães made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Luke Clist sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Luke Clist put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Hílton Magalhães. Luke Clist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Hílton Magalhães made a huge save. Hílton Magalhães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carlos Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 70 minutes into the match, Luke Clist notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Botinho FC's Hílton Magalhães. Hílton Magalhães was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that José Carlos Simões's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hílton Magalhães was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 83rd minute, Leonardo Donato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 86 in the game by Luke Clist from a close distance when the talented Hílton Magalhães managed to make a qualified save. Botinho FC's players were relieved. Hílton Magalhães made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luke Clist in the 88th minute. After some careless play in the Botinho FC defense, Leonardo Donato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hílton Magalhães. The Botinho FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hílton Magalhães should have stopped the shot. Hílton Magalhães didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luke Clist went, in the 98th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. When the match was over Palmeiras could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Botinho FC throughout the match.