Challenge

Arena Diplomata FC
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Olivier Gilg took the kick off in the first half of the match. Haji Sarap took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnulfo Dolfos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Ronaldinho Gaucho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Joinville City - FSCMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Ronaldinho Gaucho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Chico Donato breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Chico Donato stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Geovanildo Luis's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Geovanildo Luis in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Chico Donato saved DIPLOMATA FC PAB from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Geovanildo Luis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chico Donato was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Joinville City - FSCMZ's Haji Sarap played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Song Xiong Hong in the 15th minute of play. Haji Sarap showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olivier Gilg in the 19th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Joinville City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Olivier Gilg came free, but Haji Sarap reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joinville City - FSCMZ's Haji Sarap played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wojciech Czerner in the 24th minute of play. When DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Wojciech Czerner in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Joinville City - FSCMZ's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th minute, Geovanildo Luis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chico Donato was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Haji Sarap showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olivier Gilg, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Geovanildo Luis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanildo Luis in the 33rd minute of play forced DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mbaka N'Diaye in the 37th minute of play. Geovanildo Luis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanildo Luis in the 38th minute of play forced DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanildo Luis in the 47th minute of play forced DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 58th minute, Geovanildo Luis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Joinville City - FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save DIPLOMATA FC PAB from getting a goal against them. In the 61st minute, Wojciech Czerner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chico Donato was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Geovanildo Luis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 62 minute of play. Joinville City - FSCMZ made a substitution. Cássio de Andrade replaced João Francisco Arce. Joinville City - FSCMZ made a substitution. Adhemar Santos replaced Geovanildo Luis. The crowd rose to their feet as Joinville City - FSCMZ's Horácio Abraão slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Chico Donato. That made the score 0-4 after 66 minutes of play. In the 72nd minute, Adhemar Santos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Chico Donato. The goal made the score 0-5. Chico Donato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adhemar Santos went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. 79 minutes into the game, Adhemar Santos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Chico Donato was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Clemente Jacinto fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DIPLOMATA FC PAB's protests and gave Clemente Jacinto a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to DIPLOMATA FC PAB getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Clemente Jacinto hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horácio Abraão got free with Chico Donato in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Chico Donato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adhemar Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute Adhemar Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chico Donato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adhemar Santos got free with Chico Donato in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Horácio Abraão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joinville City - FSCMZ's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.