Official Cup

San Siro Stadium
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eurico Viana made the kick off which started today's match. With his leg Mazarópi Barros managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Inter de Melão's Delfim Paraense fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 9 minutes, Acácio Pernambucano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Inter de Melão and the . SC Manhattan . players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th minute, Acácio Pernambucano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Eurico Viana came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the . SC Manhattan . fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eurico Viana couldn't finish the play. In the 15th minute, Eurico Viana made a precise shot to the right of Davi Valadares. Inter de Melão's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 18 minutes, Manuel Roukeloes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the . SC Manhattan . and the Inter de Melão players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Manuel Roukeloes hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Davi Valadares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. . SC Manhattan . were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Inter de Melão's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Van Dijk took the corner. Van Dijk made a great header on . SC Manhattan .'s corner, it was just that Inter de Melão's Davi Valadares managed to reach the ball for a save. Davi Valadares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eurico Viana in the 25th minute of play. Davi Valadares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eurico Viana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Eurico Viana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Davi Valadares was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Eurico Viana sped through Inter de Melão's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Davi Valadares. 34 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Davi Valadares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter de Melão's goalie prevented a goal. In the 37th minute, Eurico Viana ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Davi Valadares was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 45th minute, Eurico Viana made a precise shot to the right of Davi Valadares. Inter de Melão's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Delfim Paraense stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Eurico Viana put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Davi Valadares. Eurico Viana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Klaus Meine made in the 59th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Fabinho Valladares immediately put the ball in play. Davi Valadares was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Eurico Viana capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eurico Viana really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. In the 70th minute, Eurico Viana reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Davi Valadares. The goal made the score 0-7. Eurico Viana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Davi Valadares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Eurico Viana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Davi Valadares was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Eurico Viana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Davi Valadares made a huge save. Davi Valadares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eurico Viana's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. The . SC Manhattan . fans' excitement grew in the 79th match minute when . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Eurico Viana might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Davi Valadares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eurico Viana ran back to his position shaking his head. 84 minutes into the match, Inter de Melão's goalkeeper Davi Valadares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eurico Viana. Eurico Viana struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Davi Valadares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for . SC Manhattan .. With his leg Davi Valadares managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The Inter de Melão fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. . SC Manhattan . were clearly better and deserved to take the win.