Official Cup

ULTRAS
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maicon Arruda got the match started through his kick off. Achille Albanesi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuri Lopez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, America FC's goalkeeper Gildo Furtado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alvaro Lupi. In the 14th minute Ciccio Bassani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gildo Furtado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Achille Albanesi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guilherme Donatello in the 19th minute of play. In the 24th minute Ciccio Bassani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gildo Furtado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, America FC's goalkeeper Gildo Furtado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alvaro Lupi. Fulvio Muzzolon hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 27th minute, Yuri Lopez 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. America FC's Gildo Furtado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save America FC from getting a goal against them. Yuri Lopez hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After 33 played minutes, S.S.C. NAPOLI's Diego Vargas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gildo Furtado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in S.S.C. NAPOLI reached it. Achille Albanesi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guilherme Donatello in the 37th minute of the match. S.S.C. NAPOLI's Achille Albanesi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guilherme Donatello in the 39th minute of play. In the 39th minute, Guilherme Donatello ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Achille Albanesi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. If Alvaro Lupi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 44 minutes of play, S.S.C. NAPOLI's Ciccio Bassani made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gildo Furtado was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gildo Furtado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ciccio Bassani in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

In the 58th minute Fulvio Grande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gildo Furtado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gildo Furtado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fulvio Grande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Achille Albanesi made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Maicon Arruda sent off a good shot on target. Gildo Furtado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Lupi, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. 70 minutes into the match, S.S.C. NAPOLI's Fulvio Grande sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gildo Furtado narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 74 minutes into the match, Alvaro Lupi notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of America FC's Gildo Furtado. Gildo Furtado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Guilherme Donatello could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Achille Albanesi made a huge save. America FC's Gildo Furtado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Lupi in the 86th minute of play. Gildo Furtado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Lupi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the game, S.S.C. NAPOLI's Fulvio Grande nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gildo Furtado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. S.S.C. NAPOLI had played much better football throughout.