Prized/Friendly Cup

Peçanhão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when José Paulo Mendonça made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Deng Yue Zhen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apat Reina was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Retumbante FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stéphane Ballon was slow to take the kick. During this time Batalhão do Peçanha's players had a chance to rest. Stéphane Ballon made a great header on Batalhão do Peçanha's corner, it was just that Retumbante FC's Apat Reina managed to reach the ball for a save. Apat Reina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deng Yue Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Epaminondas Baba notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Retumbante FC's Apat Reina. Apat Reina was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Apat Reina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deng Yue Zhen in the 22nd minute of the match. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Retumbante FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stéphane Ballon was slow to take the kick. During this time Batalhão do Peçanha's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Batalhão do Peçanha's corner Arnaldo Tróia fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Apat Reina quite easily take care of the ball. In the 25th minute, Belmiro Mello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kauã Mandrak in the 28th minute of play forced Batalhão do Peçanha's goalkeeper Petr Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Apat Reina successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With a little luck, Retumbante FC's Apat Reina got control of the ball when Epaminondas Baba tried to sneak it across the goal line. Retumbante FC's Apat Reina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deng Yue Zhen in the 34th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Retumbante FC's zone, Arnaldo Tróia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Apat Reina came out of the goal and Arnaldo Tróia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Epaminondas Baba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Apat Reina made a huge save. With a little luck, Retumbante FC's Apat Reina got control of the ball when Epaminondas Baba tried to sneak it across the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Retumbante FC's goal looked a bit too open when Epaminondas Baba came free, but Apat Reina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michel de Queirós's late challenge caught a Batalhão do Peçanha's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michel de Queirós helped the player get up and apologised. In the 46th match minute, Retumbante FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michel de Queirós to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Retumbante FC's goalkeeper Apat Reina, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Batalhão do Peçanha getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Zézinho Veloso hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Epaminondas Baba made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Arnaldo Tróia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Apat Reina. Retumbante FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arnaldo Tróia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The audience was convinced that Deng Yue Zhen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apat Reina was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Yue Zhen in the 56th minute of play forced Retumbante FC's goalkeeper Apat Reina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Tróia in the 56th minute of play forced Retumbante FC's goalkeeper Apat Reina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apat Reina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Epaminondas Baba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Vânderson Vasconcelos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 73rdth minute of the game Epaminondas Baba who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Retumbante FC's Apat Reina was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 75th minute, Arnaldo Tróia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Apat Reina was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. José Paulo Mendonça received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Petr Čech tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vânderson Vasconcelos in the 89th minute of play forced Retumbante FC's goalkeeper Apat Reina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 89 played minutes Retumbante FC got a freekick which was hit by José Paulo Mendonça. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Paulo Mendonça got free with Petr Čech in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Batalhão do Peçanha's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.