Prized/Friendly Cup

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) UPTEXTIL.COM's Thiago Furtado started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, BRASIL.Sp's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Cunha came free, but Samuca Freitas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute, Gildo Nogueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, UPTEXTIL.COM's Dinei Proença got a free kick in the 10th minute. José Vítor Marinho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Oscar Azevedo made a huge save. Samuca Freitas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thiago Furtado in the 15th minute of the match. A collision led to BRASIL.Sp getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Aílton Cunha hit a great ball. UPTEXTIL.COM's Oscar Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gildo Nogueira in the 22nd minute of play. José Vítor Marinho's late challenge caught a UPTEXTIL.COM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Vítor Marinho helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, BRASIL.Sp's José Vítor Marinho got a free kick in the 26th minute. Samuca Freitas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dorival Melo went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Samuca Freitas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thiago Furtado in the 31st minute of the match. Samuca Freitas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aílton Cunha charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aílton Cunha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, BRASIL.Sp's Aílton Cunha got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and José Vítor Marinho made a kick off. After some careless play in the UPTEXTIL.COM defense, José Vítor Marinho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oscar Azevedo. The UPTEXTIL.COM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oscar Azevedo should have stopped the shot. Yuri Aguiar lost his temper 57 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a defensive mix-up in BRASIL.Sp's zone, Fernando Cunha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Samuca Freitas came out of the goal and Fernando Cunha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeremias Pinheiro got free with Samuca Freitas in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fernando Cunha took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Samuca Freitas. Samuca Freitas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 66th match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulinho Tepedino to maneuver through the defense. Jardel Souza got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Fernando Cunha. Baltazar Paraibano struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Samuca Freitas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UPTEXTIL.COM. BRASIL.Sp's Samuca Freitas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save BRASIL.Sp from getting a goal against them. Samuca Freitas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thiago Furtado in the 84th minute. Samuca Freitas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thiago Furtado in the 84th minute. Samuca Freitas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernando Cunha in the 86th minute. Samuca Freitas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thiago Furtado in the 90th minute of play. When the match was over UPTEXTIL.COM could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than BRASIL.Sp throughout the match.