Prized/Friendly Cup

San Francisco Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when João Freire got the match started through his kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 3 minutes into the game, when Anderson Machado put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in October 04 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! October 04:s Narciso Guimarães showed great skill when he stopped Breno Sá:s penalty. Wiliam Tinoco hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Narciso Guimarães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Breno Sá in the 13th minute of the match. In the 15th match minute, October 04 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilian Alcântara to maneuver through the defense. If João Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If João Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 23 minutes into the match, Luís Eduardo França had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wilson Quadros. BRASIL.Sp's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luís Eduardo França was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The audience was convinced that João Freire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Narciso Guimarães was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, BRASIL.Sp's Breno Sá got a free kick in the 33rd minute. João Freire charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed João Freire the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of October 04 booed when BRASIL.Sp was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Freire didn't get a good kick on the ball. Breno Sá might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Narciso Guimarães. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Breno Sá ran back to his position shaking his head. After 41 minutes, Reinaldo Carneiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the October 04 and the BRASIL.Sp players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to October 04 getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Reinaldo Carneiro hit a great ball. A collision led to October 04 getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Reinaldo Carneiro hit a great ball. Narciso Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dito Paraíba in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Eduardo França stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, BRASIL.Sp's Breno Sá got a free kick in the 51st minute. João Freire kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute Wilian Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raphael Paes did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Narciso Guimarães 69 minutes into the match. October 04's Rodolfo Munhoz was substituted for Alex Mello. Cafu Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Luís Eduardo França managed to get in a good position for a shot. October 04's supporters rose to their feet, but Luís Eduardo França was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wilson Quadros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. October 04's Narciso Guimarães proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save October 04 from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Freire got free with Narciso Guimarães in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 92nd minute, BRASIL.Sp's Delfim Cerezo seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Delfim Cerezo the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of BRASIL.Sp protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Delfim Cerezo had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 91 minutes into the game, one of BRASIL.Sp:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Wilson Quadros had in the 94thth minute some difficulties stopping Waldemar de Sena's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The BRASIL.Sp supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing BRASIL.Sp would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.