Official Cup

Arena Cedro
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) São José City - FSCMZ's Genaro Aragones started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aírton Penha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Genaro Aragones, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute Genaro Aragones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aírton Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Cauã Carneiro came free, but George Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute Nelson Abraão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. George Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cauã Carneiro in the 18th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Genaro Aragones's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aírton Penha was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benedito Paes got free with Aírton Penha in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. São José City - FSCMZ's attentive Cássio da Silva managed to snatch the ball when Elias Figueroa made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. Waldemar Marques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Aírton Penha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Magnistar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Genaro Aragones was slow to take the kick. During this time São José City - FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Magnistar's goalkeeper Aírton Penha, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Genaro Aragones took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aírton Penha. Aírton Penha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Aírton Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Genaro Aragones, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Abraão in the 55th minute of play forced São José City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper George Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aírton Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Genaro Aragones in the 58th minute of play. São José City - FSCMZ's Washington Novaes quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Elias Figueroa, made in the 59th minute of the game. Magnistar's Aírton Penha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genaro Aragones in the 61st minute of play. In the 61stth minute of the game Genaro Aragones who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Magnistar's Aírton Penha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 62 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper George Buffon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aílton Loureiro. George Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Abraão, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 68th minute Genaro Aragones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aírton Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aírton Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Genaro Aragones in the 70th minute of play. George Buffon made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Aílton Loureiro sent off a good shot on target. After 74 played minutes São José City - FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Genaro Aragones. George Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelson Abraão in the 75th minute of play. When Cauã Carneiro came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Magnistar 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 Cauã Carneiro couldn't finish the play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 83rd minute of the game. One of Magnistar:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of São José City - FSCMZ:s goal. Magnistar:s Aírton Penha showed great skill when he stopped Genaro Aragones:s penalty. After some careless play in the Magnistar defense, Genaro Aragones kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aírton Penha. The Magnistar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aírton Penha should have stopped the shot. Magnistar's Aírton Penha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waldemar Marques in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute of the match São José City - FSCMZ got a corner. Magnistar's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Genaro Aragones ran over to the corner to take the kick. Genaro Aragones made a great header on São José City - FSCMZ's corner, it was just that Magnistar's Aírton Penha managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 96th minute Genaro Aragones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aírton Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.