Official Cup

TEATRO DAS ARTES
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vítor Peixoto kicked off to start the match. 6 minutes into the match, FUTEBOL ARTE's Yan Le sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Efrain Maria narrowly saved just below the crossbar. FUTEBOL ARTE's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yan Le in the 7th minute. A nice corner shot did that Vítor Peixoto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Efrain Maria quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 8th minute, Bai Yang Lang got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Margus Niilus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Grondona, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 17th minute, Sacit Refik got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 18 played minutes FUTEBOL ARTE got a freekick which was hit by Yan Le. After 19 minutes, Julio Grondona mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gladiadores Legionarios and the FUTEBOL ARTE players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th match minute, Gladiadores Legionarios was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julio Grondona to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vítor Peixoto got free with Efrain Maria in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Gladiadores Legionarios's goalie and right to Wágner Galvão. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Gladiadores Legionarios's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 26 minutes into the match, FUTEBOL ARTE's goal looked a bit too open when Sacit Refik came free, but Margus Niilus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the last second Efrain Maria throw himself and got hold of the ball when Vítor Peixoto in the 28thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 29 minutes Gladiadores Legionarios's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Yan Le who took care of the corner kick. FUTEBOL ARTE's Margus Niilus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niklas Dalkvist in the 32nd minute of play. Claudinei Pirani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Efrain Maria made a huge save. A well placed Vítor Peixoto short distance shot in the 38th minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. In the 41st minute Jeronimo Gaitan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Margus Niilus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gladiadores Legionarios's Efrain Maria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vítor Peixoto in the 43rd minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Julio Grondona to strike the kick off in the second half. Efrain Maria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vítor Peixoto, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Efrain Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinei Pirani in the 53rd minute of play. Margus Niilus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sacit Refik, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Gladiadores Legionarios made a substitution. Ambrosio Gasteiz replaced Generoso Cresitobalo. Gladiadores Legionarios's Su Xiang Sha was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Margus Niilus in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 63 minutes into the match, FUTEBOL ARTE's goalkeeper Margus Niilus had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sacit Refik. In the 68th minute of the match, Jeronimo Gaitan tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Margus Niilus saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Claudinei Pirani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efrain Maria was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Julio Grondona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Margus Niilus was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. In the 76th minute of the match Gladiadores Legionarios got a corner. FUTEBOL ARTE's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Su Xiang Sha ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinei Pirani in the 83rd minute of play forced Gladiadores Legionarios's goalkeeper Efrain Maria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efrain Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vítor Peixoto in the 84th minute of play. Julio Grondona scored 2-1 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Margus Niilus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gladiadores Legionarios's Bernardino Orzaize was substituted for Ermegildo Calvet. For all the effort they put into the match, the Gladiadores Legionarios players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FUTEBOL ARTE.