Official Cup

Estadio Diamante
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Armando Paredes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eurico Linhares, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After 7 played minutes WAU team got a freekick which was hit by Laerte de Castro. Didi Peto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Benjamim Nunes. WAU team's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Benjamim Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cecilio Txaran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armando Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fernando de Toledo in the 10th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, ZAFIRO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Paiva came free, but Armando Paredes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armando Paredes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Paiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute Eurico Linhares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Paredes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25thth minute of the game Cecilio Txaran who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but WAU team's Benjamim Nunes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 29th minute Paulo Paiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Paredes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, ZAFIRO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Paiva came free, but Armando Paredes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, ZAFIRO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Fernando de Toledo came free, but Armando Paredes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Didi Peto hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by ZAFIRO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz Fernando de Toledo was slow to take the kick. During this time WAU team's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Fernando de Toledo in the 44th minute of play forced ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Armando Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maximo Argina kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Paiva in the 46th minute of play forced ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Armando Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes had been played when some careless play by ZAFIRO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz Fernando de Toledo was slow to take the kick. During this time WAU team's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on WAU team's corner Abel Prado fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Armando Paredes quite easily take care of the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cecilio Txaran made a kick off. ZAFIRO FC's Casimiro Piearres managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Abel Prado in the 51 minute of the game. In the 53rd match minute, WAU team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremias Ferraz to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ZAFIRO FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Iker Lamberto hit a great ball. Armando Paredes made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Luiz Fernando de Toledo sent off a good shot on target. After 64 minutes of play, ZAFIRO FC's Maximo Argina made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benjamim Nunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Laerte de Castro in the 70th minute of play forced ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Armando Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, Cecilio Txaran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benjamim Nunes was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. With a little luck, ZAFIRO FC's Armando Paredes got control of the ball when Eurico Linhares tried to sneak it across the goal line. 76 minutes in the game, Paulo Paiva fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Armando Paredes having to interfere. Ernest Ponta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luiz Fernando de Toledo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Armando Paredes made a huge save. With an all-out effort, WAU team's Armando Paredes threw himself towards the right post 83 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Paulo Paiva, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 85th minute, Eurico Linhares reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Armando Paredes. The goal made the score 2-1. Benjamim Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Txaran in the 89th minute of play. Abel Prado kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ZAFIRO FC's zone, Paulo Paiva stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armando Paredes came out of the goal and Paulo Paiva tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ZAFIRO FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.