World League

Estadio Pinhote
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sílvio Luís Ceresso kicked off to start the match. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Fran Guerola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Luís Ceresso in the 3rd minute of play. Fran Guerola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loco Martin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 7 minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Joacim First was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joacim First came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Cristiano Ronaldinho. But to his dismay, Cristiano Ronaldinho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Holger Siöberg got free with Fran Guerola in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sebastião Andrade made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Ove Lindblom. In the 22nd minute Cristiano Ronaldinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joacim First saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 24 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristiano Ronaldinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 26thth minute of the game Sílvio Luís Ceresso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Fran Guerola was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pinhote FC's goalie prevented a goal. Cristiano Ronaldinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pinhote FC's Joacim First played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 34th minute of play. Pinhote FC's Joacim First played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dito Guedes in the 36th minute of play. S O B E R A N O CIMZ were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Pinhote FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Leif-Eric St. Juste took the corner. Fran Guerola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loco Martin, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Sílvio Luís Ceresso came free with the goalkeeper in the 44th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Fran Guerola could save by the left post. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leif-Eric St. Juste in the 47th minute. The Pinhote FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. S O B E R A N O CIMZ were winning 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cristiano Ronaldinho to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Waldemar Rosen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fran Guerola was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 56th minute of play forced Pinhote FC's goalkeeper Joacim First to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joacim First made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 58th minute of play. Leif-Eric St. Juste made a great header on S O B E R A N O CIMZ's corner, it was just that Pinhote FC's Joacim First managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristiano Ronaldinho got free with Joacim First in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Joacim First showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 64th minute of the match. Pinhote FC's Joacim First proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Pinhote FC from getting a goal against them. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leif-Eric St. Juste in the 68th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Gildo Pontes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. S O B E R A N O CIMZ made a substitution. Jailson Barral replaced Dito Guedes. Pinhote FC made a substitution. Guo Ming replaced Holger Siöberg. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by S O B E R A N O CIMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tao Tian was slow to take the kick. During this time Pinhote FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Tao Tian got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fran Guerola quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Fran Guerola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sílvio Luís Ceresso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fran Guerola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sílvio Luís Ceresso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Fran Guerola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Luís Ceresso in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guo Ming in the 89th minute of play forced S O B E R A N O CIMZ's goalkeeper Fran Guerola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jailson Barral in the 91st minute of play forced Pinhote FC's goalkeeper Joacim First to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute Waldemar Rosen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fran Guerola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Loco Martin hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The S O B E R A N O CIMZ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing S O B E R A N O CIMZ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.