Official Cup

Tita Mattiussi
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Spams's Stipe Pletikosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Cerqueira in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Spams's Honorato Cordaro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Joel Maciel. Joel Maciel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomás Cerqueira during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Honorato Cordaro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Garanhão do SUL's Tomás Cerqueira got a free kick in the 21st minute. Joel Maciel made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Honorato Cordaro sent off a good shot on target. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Spams's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Garanhão do SUL getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Filinto Coelho hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Garanhão do SUL's zone, Domingos Errolan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Maciel came out of the goal and Domingos Errolan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Spams's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Domingos Errolan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cássio Madeira hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute, Honorato Cordaro made a precise shot to the right of Joel Maciel. Garanhão do SUL's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. With a little luck, Garanhão do SUL's Joel Maciel got control of the ball when Simon Venceslao tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 46th minute, Urbano Orlondo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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 2-0.

Spams's Ovidio Qwinton was substituted for Honorato Cordaro. In the 53rd minute of the match, Tomás Cerqueira tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Stipe Pletikosa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 2-1 became the score in the 53rd minute when Tomás Cerqueira elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 56 minutes into the match, Elias James notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Garanhão do SUL's Joel Maciel. Joel Maciel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 61 minutes of play, Spams's Ovidio Qwinton made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joel Maciel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cássio Madeira charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cássio Madeira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Garanhão do SUL's Cássio Madeira got a free kick in the 64th minute. Joel Maciel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias James in the 70th minute of the match. In the 77th minute Ovidio Qwinton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Maciel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nereo Crescencio scored 5-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Joel Maciel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 86 minutes into the game, Ovidio Qwinton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-1. Joel Maciel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Elias James's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joel Maciel was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Joel Maciel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ovidio Qwinton in the 91st minute of play.