Official Cup

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Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristiano Messi got the match started through his kick off. Corinthians's Leopoldo Palmeira quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gilberto Van Der Burg, made in the 5th minute of the game. Cristiano Messi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edvin van der Saar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute of the match, Giotis Michailidis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jaime Almeida saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Someliéri's goalkeeper Edvin van der Saar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 20th minute, Natã Pirani 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. Corinthians's Jaime Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argi Villar in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute Natã Pirani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edvin van der Saar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Natã Pirani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Corinthians's Jaime Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argi Villar in the 27th minute of play. Corinthians's Leopoldo Palmeira quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gilberto Van Der Burg, made in the 29th minute of the game. Edvin van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Corinthians's Cristiano Messi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edvin van der Saar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 38 minutes into the match, Corinthians's goalkeeper Jaime Almeida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Oliver-James Gol. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Giotis Michailidis made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes in the game Gilberto Van Der Burg did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Gavino Laurendi. Giotis Michailidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaime Almeida having to interfere. When Tomáš Kolek came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Someliéri fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tomáš Kolek couldn't finish the play. In the 59th minute, Chris Mas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argi Villar in the 61st minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Jaime Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Natã Pirani hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. A collision led to Corinthians getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Natã Pirani hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristiano Messi got free with Edvin van der Saar in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Someliéri's Edvin van der Saar got control of the ball when Cristiano Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Someliéri made a substitution. Tibor Slaninka replaced Tomáš Kolek. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Someliéri's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jiang Yi Chong was slow to take the kick. During this time Corinthians's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jiang Yi Chong got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Edvin van der Saar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Corinthians made a substitution. José Vítor Ramos replaced Cristiano Messi. Edvin van der Saar made an important save on a dangerous shot by José Vítor Ramos in the 89th minute. Tibor Slaninka hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. After 97 minutes Someliéri's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jiang Yi Chong who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Corinthians's Jiang Yi Chong to fire away a dangerous shot which Edvin van der Saar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Corinthians players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Someliéri.