World League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Moisés Dracena got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Marcos Paulista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Antônio Carlos Bueno kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the game, Roger Koehler was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Haridades F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AF CERRADO the free kick. 10 minutes into the match, Haridades F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Marcos Paulista came free, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the game, Marcos Paulista lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Ronaldinho Pernambucano. Ronaldinho Pernambucano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Paulista in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes into the game, Antônio Carlos Bueno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 22nd minute Murilo Lucas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute of the match AF CERRADO got a corner. Haridades F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dennis Contaldi ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on AF CERRADO's corner Dennis Contaldi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ronaldinho Pernambucano quite easily take care of the ball. Ronaldinho Pernambucano came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by AF CERRADO's Antônio Carlos Bueno. But to his dismay, Antônio Carlos Bueno quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 36th match minute, Haridades F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iuri Gonçalves to maneuver through the defense. Haridades F.C's Ronaldinho Pernambucano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Haridades F.C from getting a goal against them. Iuri Gonçalves's late challenge caught a AF CERRADO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iuri Gonçalves helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Haridades F.C's Iuri Gonçalves got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emílio Pontes during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 47th match minute, Haridades F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emílio Pontes to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 6-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Antônio Carlos Bueno made a kick off. A collision led to Haridades F.C getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Iuri Gonçalves hit a great ball. Ronaldinho Pernambucano came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by AF CERRADO's Marcos Paulista. But to his dismay, Marcos Paulista quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. A collision led to AF CERRADO getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Murilo Lucas hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antônio Carlos Bueno in the 62nd minute of play forced Haridades F.C's goalkeeper Ronaldinho Pernambucano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ronaldinho Pernambucano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antônio Carlos Bueno's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the match, Antônio Carlos Bueno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronaldinho Pernambucano. Haridades F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antônio Carlos Bueno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. In the 68th minute, Pedro Lopez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AF CERRADO made a substitution. Thiago Damião replaced Marcos Paulista. After a rather tough play, AF CERRADO's Pedro Lopez got a free kick in the 69th minute. With a little luck, AF CERRADO's Arlindo Guedes got control of the ball when Luís Eduardo Souza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Roberto Siqueira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arlindo Guedes having to make a save. Thiago Damião recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 81 minutes into the game, Murilo Lucas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Thiago Damião put it in 10-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ronaldinho Pernambucano. After 88 minutes of play, AF CERRADO's Murilo Lucas made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldinho Pernambucano was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 96th minute, Amílton Moreno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ronaldinho Pernambucano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antônio Carlos Bueno went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 12-0 was the resulting score. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. AF CERRADO had played much better football throughout.