Official Cup

Estádio Ronaldo
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Baltazar Zonta took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Stepan Babich to make any attempt to save it. Vivaldo Carmona's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Stepan Babich firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 14th minute of the match Real Cruzeiro FC got a corner. WWW LENINGRAD's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Baltazar Zonta ran over to the corner to take the kick. Baltazar Zonta made a great header on Real Cruzeiro FC's corner, it was just that WWW LENINGRAD's Stepan Babich managed to reach the ball for a save. Baltazar Zonta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Stepan Babich made a huge save. The supporters of WWW LENINGRAD booed when Real Cruzeiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fellipe Cosme didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vivaldo Carmona in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Stepan Babich, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Baltazar Zonta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to WWW LENINGRAD getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Kirill Alenichev hit a great ball. Luís Paulo Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Virgilio Quinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Bubnov in the 33rd minute of play forced Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Grigore Mergea came free, but Luís Paulo Paraíba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Real Cruzeiro FC's Vivaldo Carmona slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Stepan Babich. That made the score 2-0 after 38 minutes of play. 41 minutes into the match, Grigore Mergea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Paulo Paraíba. Real Cruzeiro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grigore Mergea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Virgilio Quinto during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, WWW LENINGRAD's Virgilio Quinto got a free kick in the 46th minute. After a rather tough play, WWW LENINGRAD's Virgilio Quinto got a free kick in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andrey Bubnov to strike the kick off in the second half. Nelson de Lima made in the 56th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Vivaldo Carmona immediately put the ball in play. Luís Paulo Paraíba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigore Mergea in the 57th minute of play. WWW LENINGRAD's Stepan Babich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baltazar Zonta in the 64th minute of play. WWW LENINGRAD's Stepan Babich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baltazar Zonta in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vivaldo Carmona in the 71st minute of play forced WWW LENINGRAD's goalkeeper Stepan Babich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vivaldo Carmona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Stepan Babich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Real Cruzeiro FC's Luís Paulo Paraíba got control of the ball when Andrey Bubnov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 81 minutes, Vivaldo Carmona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Cruzeiro FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vivaldo Carmona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Andrey Bubnov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 84 minutes, Grigore Mergea made it 2-3 with a short kick to the right side. Real Cruzeiro FC's Luís Paulo Paraíba tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Real Cruzeiro FC booed when WWW LENINGRAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kirill Alenichev didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Valdir Tepedino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 96 played minutes WWW LENINGRAD got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Bubnov.