World League

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Spectators: 10941 (Terracing: 8207, Seating: 2516, VIP seats: 218) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adhemar Santos started the match with the kick off. Christian Cinque could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Haji Sarap made a huge save. Ingvar Nykvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Joinville City - FSCMZ's Haji Sarap played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thodoris Tassoulis in the 15th minute of play. In the 19th minute Thodoris Tassoulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haji Sarap saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Ingvar Nykvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ingvar Nykvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adhemar Santos went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 34 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adhemar Santos came free, but Ingvar Nykvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joinville City - FSCMZ's Haji Sarap proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Joinville City - FSCMZ from getting a goal against them. Ingvar Nykvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horácio Abraão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Denílson Tepedino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Haji Sarap read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adhemar Santos came free, but Ingvar Nykvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christian Cinque hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Ingvar Nykvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adhemar Santos in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Denílson Tepedino made a kick off. If Nikos Papaggelakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thodoris Tassoulis in the 60th minute of play forced Joinville City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Haji Sarap to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adhemar Santos came free, but Ingvar Nykvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Ingvar Nykvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Horácio Abraão. Denílson Tepedino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Haji Sarap tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joinville City - FSCMZ made a substitution. Geovanildo Luis replaced Adhemar Santos. Tabachana F.C. made a substitution. Brynn Moody replaced Christian Cinque. In the 73rd minute Geovanildo Luis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ingvar Nykvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 79 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Joinville City - FSCMZ's João Francisco Arce fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. João Francisco Arce who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Ingvar Nykvist when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brynn Moody in the 82nd minute of play forced Joinville City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Haji Sarap to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Geovanildo Luis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ingvar Nykvist. That made the score 0-2 in the 83 minute of play. Erling Lewandowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Haji Sarap read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Joinville City - FSCMZ's Sungurhan Kuter got a free kick in the 90th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Joinville City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Erling Lewandowski came free, but Haji Sarap reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tabachana F.C.'s Ingvar Nykvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Tabachana F.C. from getting a goal against them. The Joinville City - FSCMZ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.