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Match Report
Criciúma Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Edmundo Espiga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 7 minutes into the match, Honduras's Moises Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José de Brito narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 13th minute, Moises Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Tham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Honduras's Lautaro Navarro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Honduras from getting a goal against them. José de Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Espiga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luizão de Senna kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 21st minute of play forced Criciúma's goalkeeper José de Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 25th minute of the match. Honduras's Christian Sancho managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tarcisio Saraiva in the 32 minute of the game. José de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 33rd minute of the match. With his leg Lautaro Navarro managed to avoid a goal in the 42ndth minute, when Criciúma's Tobias Tham fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. José de Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Criciúma getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Valdir Fonseca hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tobias Tham made a kick off. Lautaro Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Tham, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 56 minutes into the game, Tarcisio Saraiva threw the ball into play from the sideline. Honduras's Luca Espinar quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. José de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. José de Brito made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebastian Villa in the 61st minute. José de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Villa in the 62nd minute of the match. After 67 minutes of play, Criciúma's Didi Almeida made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lautaro Navarro was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Criciúma's José de Brito got control of the ball when Sebastian Villa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 76th match minute, Criciúma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizão de Senna to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmundo Espiga got free with José de Brito in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After 80 minutes Criciúma's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edmundo Espiga who took care of the corner kick. In the 81st minute, Moises Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. During the 83rd minute of the match Valdir Fonseca completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Valdir Fonseca a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Honduras booed when Criciúma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdir Fonseca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tobias Tham hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Criciúma's José de Brito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Criciúma from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Luca Espinar took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for José de Brito to make any attempt to save it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastian Villa in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg José de Brito saved Criciúma from getting behind. In the 97th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.
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