Official Cup

Urbano Caldeira
Spectators: 171 (Terracing: 129, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Nuno Bittencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Loureiro in the 7th minute of the match. Miguel Ángel Angulo hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. When Válbson Ortiz came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Santos City 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 Válbson Ortiz couldn't finish the play. In the 19th minute, Carlos Loureiro made a precise shot to the right of Nuno Bittencourt. Santos City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Nuno Bittencourt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Loureiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 27th minute, Jakes Urbina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 29 minutes of play, Tirant lo Blanch's Carlos Loureiro made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nuno Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Santos City's Nuno Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Loureiro in the 35th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Carlos Loureiro notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Santos City's Nuno Bittencourt. Nuno Bittencourt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Carlos Loureiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Nuno Bittencourt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

In the 51st minute, Paulão de Mendonça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nuno Bittencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Loureiro in the 52nd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the match, Santos City's goalkeeper Nuno Bittencourt had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Loureiro. After 64 played minutes Santos City got a freekick which was hit by Válbson Ortiz. The crowd rose to their feet as Carlos Loureiro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nuno Bittencourt. That made the score 0-5 in the 71 minute of play. After 79 played minutes Santos City got a freekick which was hit by Vitório Pombal. Carlos Loureiro did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-6 to the left of a surprised Nuno Bittencourt 80 minutes into the match. Santos City's Nuno Bittencourt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Santos City from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute Carlos Loureiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nuno Bittencourt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 94 played minutes Santos City got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Furlan. When the match was over Tirant lo Blanch could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Santos City throughout the match.