Friendly League

Jayme Cintra
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hjalmar Kråk kicked off to start the match. Joel Catarinense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Rune Grep tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Galo do Japi's attentive Laerte Caca-Rato managed to snatch the ball when Simone Mihajlovič made a throw-in in the 11th minute of the game. Laerte Caca-Rato's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rune Grep firmly grabbed it by the left post. Rune Grep was a little too slow when Laerte Caca-Rato got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 1-0. 16 minutes into the match, Hjalmar Kråk notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Galo do Japi's Delfim Chaves. Delfim Chaves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 19th minute, João Souto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rune Grep was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ronaldo Joinvilense showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 21 minute of play. Hjalmar Kråk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Delfim Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hjalmar Kråk in the 30th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joel Catarinense got free with Rune Grep in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd match minute, Lirarnas Lag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hjalmar Kråk to maneuver through the defense. Delfim Chaves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Rune Grep made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 44th minute of play. After 45 minutes of play, Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Joinvilense made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rune Grep was left in no man's land by his defense there! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Catarinense to strike the kick off in the second half. Rune Grep took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Sven-Åke Hjelm in the 52nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Galo do Japi's Fernandinho Botelho. Sven-Åke Hjelm hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The supporters of Lirarnas Lag booed when Galo do Japi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernandinho Pinheiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Delfim Chaves saved Galo do Japi from getting behind. Galo do Japi's Fernandinho Botelho managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Sven-Åke Hjelm in the 66 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Ronaldo Joinvilense's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rune Grep was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. The throw-in from Fernandinho Botelho in the 70th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lirarnas Lag's Sven-Åke Hjelm. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lirarnas Lag's goalkeeper Rune Grep, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rune Grep made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 75th minute of play. A collision led to Galo do Japi getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Joel Catarinense hit a great ball. 77 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's Jean-Pascal Bellefeuille sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Delfim Chaves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 82 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Joinvilense came free, but Rune Grep reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Hjalmar Kråk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rune Grep showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 90th minute of the match. Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Joinvilense got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.