Official Cup

Del Barrio
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zigmantas Gimbutas made the kick off which started today's match. Gugu de Mendonça recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zigmantas Gimbutas in the 11th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Zigmantas Gimbutas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Venerando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Jordão in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SC Braga's Charl De Metser got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute Quintino Carvalhais shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Venerando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Venerando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Jordão in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd match minute, Road To Glory was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Egon Markusson to maneuver through the defense. 23 minutes into the match, Zigmantas Gimbutas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ariel Venerando. Road To Glory's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zigmantas Gimbutas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Road To Glory's Gao Xing Zhen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Amado Parente in the 26 minute of the game. Road To Glory's Egon Markusson managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alberto Malheiro in the 30 minute of the game. Ariel Venerando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quintino Carvalhais in the 34th minute of play. Pipis Dilberis made in the 41st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which André Jordão however managed to control. Antonio Adán made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 42nd minute. Gugu de Mendonça's late challenge caught a SC Braga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gugu de Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SC Braga booed when Road To Glory was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gugu de Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zigmantas Gimbutas in the 46th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gugu de Mendonça to make the kick off. With a little luck, Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando got control of the ball when André Jordão tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 62nd minute of play forced SC Braga's goalkeeper Antonio Adán to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd match minute, SC Braga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lu Xun Lei to maneuver through the defense. SC Braga's Stig-Åke Mattsson was substituted for Zigmantas Gimbutas. SC Braga made a substitution. Geraldo Lucas replaced André Jordão. In the 64th minute, Lu Xun Lei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Gugu de Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonio Adán was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Road To Glory from getting a goal against them. Ariel Venerando was a little too slow when Quintino Carvalhais got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 0-2. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Road To Glory from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Quintino Carvalhais in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Venerando saved Road To Glory from getting behind. In the 93rd minute Gugu de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Adán saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 94 minutes SC Braga's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gugu de Mendonça who took care of the corner kick. Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Antonio Adán in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Geraldo Lucas in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Venerando saved Road To Glory from getting behind. When the match was over SC Braga could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Road To Glory throughout the match.