Official Cup

Maksimir
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tihomir Antić during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Lipovljani getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Tihomir Antić hit a great ball. If Tonko Urban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute, Tonko Urban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jânio Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wiliam Ferraz in the 13th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, New Miran FC's Ramiro Tróia got a free kick in the 14th minute. New Miran FC's Aquiles Paro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domagoj Grković in the 20th minute of play. Jânio Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiliam Ferraz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. New Miran FC's Aquiles Paro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save New Miran FC from getting a goal against them. In the 23rd minute, Domagoj Grković fired away a shot that was totally unreachable for Aquiles Paro. The ball ended up just outside the left post, and Lipovljani's manager could be seen angrily pacing the sidelines. Aquiles Paro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tonko Urban in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Wiliam Ferraz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jânio Branco was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 39th minute Wiliam Ferraz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jânio Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tonko Urban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

52 minutes into the game, Ramiro Tróia threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lipovljani's Tonko Petrlin quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Aquiles Paro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tonko Urban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lipovljani's Jânio Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dito Penha in the 57th minute of play. New Miran FC's Aquiles Paro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domagoj Grković in the 58th minute of play. Aquiles Paro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tonko Urban in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Eger in the 63rd minute of play forced Lipovljani's goalkeeper Jânio Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Domagoj Grković's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aquiles Paro was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Lipovljani's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tonko Urban in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Álvaro Duarte in the 73rd minute of play forced Lipovljani's goalkeeper Jânio Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tonko Urban blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aquiles Paro having to make a save. Jânio Branco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roberto Eger in the 80th minute. The supporters of New Miran FC booed when Lipovljani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobias Galeno didn't get a good kick on the ball. A nice corner shot did that Dito Penha got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jânio Branco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lipovljani's Jânio Branco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Lipovljani from getting a goal against them. Roberto Eger scored 0-3 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jânio Branco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Lipovljani fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. New Miran FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.