Official Cup

Merceron Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Marco Ruben made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Marco Ruben's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anselmo Facchetti was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Marco Ruben might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anselmo Facchetti. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marco Ruben ran back to his position shaking his head. Anselmo Facchetti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Ruben in the 15th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Marco Ruben ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anselmo Facchetti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 27 played minutes ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ got a freekick which was hit by Jerzy Seliga. Anselmo Facchetti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Ruben, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dinei Fernandez was the one to do the kick off. Fedele Bassi kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dinei Fernandez in the 58th minute of play forced ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's goalkeeper Walmir Catarinense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Merceron United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Milosz Waselenczuk in the 59th minute. Hamdullah Karanalp thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Walmir Catarinense, a very annoying self made goal in the 59th minute which led to 1-1. In the 65th minute Marco Ruben shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Facchetti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anselmo Facchetti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marco Ruben in the 74th minute. After 79 minutes, Fedele Bassi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Merceron United and the ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fedele Bassi kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. In the 80th minute, Fedele Bassi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marco Ruben got free with Anselmo Facchetti in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Biagio Donadoni's late challenge caught a ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Biagio Donadoni helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th minute, Biagio Donadoni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute Álvaro Sergipano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Facchetti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Álvaro Sergipano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anselmo Facchetti. Merceron United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Álvaro Sergipano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Dinei Fernandez charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dinei Fernandez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th minute, Dinei Fernandez 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.