League

Ligga Arena
Spectators: 10893 (Terracing: 8171, Seating: 2505, VIP seats: 217) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Deilmison van Basten started the match with the kick off. Rodriguinho Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricki Dresager in the 5th minute of the match. Senne Coosemans made in the 13th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jonatan Valström however managed to control. After some careless play in the Cactos defense, Deilmison van Basten kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bran Allison. The Cactos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bran Allison should have stopped the shot. Senne Coosemans got a throw-in 24 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Maurinho Trezeguet. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalie and right to Maurinho Trezeguet. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ATHLETICO PRaiano's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Rodriguinho Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricki Dresager in the 31st minute of the match. After 37 minutes ATHLETICO PRaiano's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mario Yepes who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Senne Coosemans almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ATHLETICO PRaiano's Rodriguinho Sousa did a great save. Vitor Beckenbauer hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in ATHLETICO PRaiano's zone, Ricki Dresager stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodriguinho Sousa came out of the goal and Ricki Dresager tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Conrado Capixaba fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 47th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ricki Dresager to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Ricki Dresager made a precise shot to the right of Rodriguinho Sousa. ATHLETICO PRaiano's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 61 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Maurinho Trezeguet came free, but Rodriguinho Sousa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cactos were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after ATHLETICO PRaiano's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mario Yepes took the corner. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Rodriguinho Sousa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save ATHLETICO PRaiano from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the game, Deilmison van Basten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Bran Allison was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Coronel Camba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Rodriguinho Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute of the match, Mario Yepes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rodriguinho Sousa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Rodriguinho Sousa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save ATHLETICO PRaiano from getting a goal against them. Coronel Cambas short, quick shot in the 81stth minute got Rodriguinho Sousa to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Rodriguinho Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Coronel Camba in the 83rd minute of play. Rodriguinho Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Yepes in the 85th minute of play. Rodriguinho Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Coronel Camba in the 90th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ATHLETICO PRaiano fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cactos had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.