Official Cup

Eddie the Head Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Iron Maiden Football OFF's Cícero Teles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Arne Thedin in the 3rd minute of play. Cícero Teles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Negroni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Iron Maiden Football OFF defense, Valentin Negroni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cícero Teles. The Iron Maiden Football OFF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cícero Teles should have stopped the shot. In the 11th minute, Dante Rafe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cícero Teles was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Iron Maiden Football OFF's goalkeeper Cícero Teles, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The throw-in from Júnior Secco in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Metapalo FC's Epifanio Marques. 18 minutes into the match, Metapalo FC's Dante Rafe sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cícero Teles narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Dante Rafe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cícero Teles was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. 22 minutes into the match, Bengt-Arne Thedin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cícero Teles. Iron Maiden Football OFF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bengt-Arne Thedin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Valentin Negroni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cícero Teles having to interfere. Cícero Teles came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Metapalo FC's Dante Rafe. But to his dismay, Dante Rafe quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. After 40th play minutes Valentin Negroni shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Cícero Teles and just under the crossbar into goal. Valentin Negroni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cícero Teles having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valentin Negroni made a kick off. Dante Rafe might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cícero Teles. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dante Rafe ran back to his position shaking his head. Iron Maiden Football OFF's Cícero Teles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Iron Maiden Football OFF from getting a goal against them. After having played for 53 minutes, Dante Rafe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Metapalo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dante Rafe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 56th minute, Dante Rafe left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Metapalo FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. If Valentin Negroni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Dante Rafe sped through Iron Maiden Football OFF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cícero Teles. Iron Maiden Football OFF's Cícero Teles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Negroni in the 65th minute of play. 77 minutes into the game, Júnior Secco threw the ball into play from the sideline. Metapalo FC's Epifanio Marques quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Dante Rafe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, Metapalo FC's Cícero Teles threw himself towards the right post 79 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Valentin Negroni, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Iron Maiden Football OFF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pa-Dembo Dolar was slow to take the kick. During this time Metapalo FC's players had a chance to rest. In a very dangerous position, a player in Iron Maiden Football OFF fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 82nd minute. Penalty! The referee gave Metapalo FC a penalty, 84 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Pa-Dembo Dolar, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Iron Maiden Football OFF's Cícero Teles. 0-11. In the 87th minute, Metapalo FC's Dante Rafe dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-12. After 91 minutes, Dante Rafe made it 0-13 with a short kick to the right side. Iron Maiden Football OFF's Cícero Teles tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 94th minute, Iron Maiden Football OFF's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jacinto Baumar fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Valentin Negroni kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cícero Teles. That made the score 0-14 in the 95 minute of play. Cícero Teles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Negroni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Iron Maiden Football OFF fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Metapalo FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.