Prized/Friendly Cup

Carlos Cuomo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paulinho Gonçalves got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paulinho Gonçalves in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gilmar Quirino saved Bola Quadrada FC from getting behind. In the 5th minute, Paulinho Gonçalves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gilmar Quirino was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Paulinho Gonçalves received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gilmar Quirino came out and tried to block the shot, but Paulinho Gonçalves slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 9th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Paulinho Gonçalves kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gilmar Quirino. That made the score 3-0 in the 13 minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Paulinho Gonçalves dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gilmar Quirino, 4-0. In the 20th minute, Paulinho Gonçalves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gilmar Quirino was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Gilmar Quirino was a little too slow when Ziya Özcakir got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 6-0. In the 30th minute, Estación Q.'s Paulinho Gonçalves ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gilmar Quirino. Gilmar Quirino yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-0. Paulinho Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilmar Quirino having to interfere. Gilmar Quirino was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Paulinho Gonçalves capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Paulinho Gonçalves really showed his touch with that goal: 8-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Paulinho Gonçalves managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estación Q.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Paulinho Gonçalves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gilmar Quirino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 8-0 at half-time.

Estación Q.'s Tadeo Lesardo was substituted for Paulinho Gonçalves. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Haroldo Botelho to make the kick off. After some careless play in the Bola Quadrada FC defense, Tadeo Lesardo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gilmar Quirino. The Bola Quadrada FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gilmar Quirino should have stopped the shot. Estación Q. made a substitution. Aurelio Mincho replaced Ziya Özcakir. Tadeo Lesardo took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gilmar Quirino. Gilmar Quirino dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. 67 minutes into the match, Tadeo Lesardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gilmar Quirino. Bola Quadrada FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tadeo Lesardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Gilmar Quirino came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Estación Q.'s Tadeo Lesardo. But to his dismay, Tadeo Lesardo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeo Lesardo in the 74th minute of play forced Bola Quadrada FC's goalkeeper Gilmar Quirino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Tadeo Lesardo notched a goal, 13-0, to the right of Bola Quadrada FC's Gilmar Quirino. Gilmar Quirino was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tadeo Lesardo might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gilmar Quirino. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tadeo Lesardo ran back to his position shaking his head. Estación Q.'s Ferenc Puskás was substituted for Tadeo Lesardo. Gilmar Quirino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aurelio Mincho went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 15-0 was the resulting score. 89 minutes into the game, Aurelio Mincho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 16-0. Gilmar Quirino was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 93 minutes into the match, Bola Quadrada FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aurelio Mincho came free, but Gilmar Quirino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gilmar Quirino came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Estación Q.'s Aurelio Mincho. But to his dismay, Aurelio Mincho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 17-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ferenc Puskás in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gilmar Quirino saved Bola Quadrada FC from getting behind. There was no doubt that Estación Q. were the better team. Estación Q.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.