Prized/Friendly Cup

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cauan Loyola took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jardel Baggio took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pankracy Zajonc. Pankracy Zajonc dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in ITAFUT 4EVER's zone, Aras Görkem Kaymaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nilson Peres came out of the goal and Aras Görkem Kaymaz 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 Vladimiro Granja got free with Nilson Peres in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Baggio in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cai Yuan Yuan. 22 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cai Yuan Yuan. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jardel Baggio in the 24th minute of play. In the 28th minute Cai Yuan Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nilson Peres was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Cai Yuan Yuan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cai Yuan Yuan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Nilson Peres stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cai Yuan Yuan's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. In the 40thth minute of the game Jardel Baggio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cai Yuan Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nilson Peres read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Sebastião Henriques notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc. Pankracy Zajonc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cai Yuan Yuan to make the kick off. When ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MZ Fénix's goalie prevented a goal. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 56th minute of the match. MZ Fénix's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aras Görkem Kaymaz in the 57th minute. 62 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jardel Baggio. After 63 minutes MZ Fénix's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jean-Paul Møffelmand who took care of the corner kick. In the 66th minute, Jardel Baggio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pankracy Zajonc was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. ITAFUT 4EVER's Edward Huyghebaert was substituted for Cauan Loyola. Raphael Fenton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Pankracy Zajonc made a huge save. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Sidney Bertassi replaced Jardel Baggio. After 74 played minutes, MZ Fénix's Nicolas Balsemão shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nilson Peres came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in MZ Fénix reached it. Nilson Peres stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexandre Valido's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute Raphael Fenton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pankracy Zajonc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Marquinhos Best hit a great ball. Nilson Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Huyghebaert in the 83rd minute of play forced MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidney Bertassi in the 86th minute of the match. Pankracy Zajonc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Bertassi, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. If Cai Yuan Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladimiro Granja's late challenge caught a ITAFUT 4EVER's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vladimiro Granja helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to MZ Fénix getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Vladimiro Granja hit a great ball. Sidney Bertassi took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pankracy Zajonc. Pankracy Zajonc dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4.