Official Cup

Mineirão
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 余永川 kicked off to start the match. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wanderson Bezerra in the 4th minute. Cristi Saron fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo Fontes having to interfere. Arthur Bufi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vânderson Moreira went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Fernando de Medeiros lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 15th minute, one of Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ. Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ:s Remo Fontes showed great skill when he stopped Wanderson Bezerra:s penalty. 19 minutes into the match, Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Brock Friend came free, but Remo Fontes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wanderson Bezerra in the 21st minute. A nice corner shot did that Wanderson Bezerra got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Remo Fontes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Remo Fontes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brock Friend, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Remo Fontes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brock Friend, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Remo Fontes was out of position in the 29 minute of play, and 余永川 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 余永川 really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. 余永川 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Remo Fontes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Brock Friend scored 2-1 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remo Fontes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ defense, Brock Friend kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remo Fontes. The Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remo Fontes should have stopped the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gilson Valadares was the one to do the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 52nd minute by Vânderson Moreira got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Remo Fontes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brock Friend, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Remo Fontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brock Friend in the 56th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, 余永川 put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Remo Fontes. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Olavo Quadros replaced Cristi Saron. Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ's Remo Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brock Friend in the 66th minute of play. If 余永川 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 72nd minute Pedro Paulo Dante shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remo Fontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Brock Friend sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 75 minutes, Brock Friend managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Brock Friend was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Luiz Paulo Fantini replaced 余永川. Célio da Cunha made in the 80th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Décio Salgado immediately put the ball in play. After having played for 83 minutes, Brock Friend managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Brock Friend was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Remo Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Paulo Fantini in the 85th minute of play. Cruzmaltinos FC - DMZ's Remo Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Paulo Fantini in the 92nd minute of play. Pedro Paulo Dante kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.