Official Cup

New York Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) After 6 minutes of play, . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gil de Medeiros was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gil de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eurico Viana in the 9th minute of play. Eurico Viana hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 12 minutes into the game, when Markus Münch put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 11th minute of the game. One of . SC Manhattan .:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nautilus:s goal. Gil de Medeiros was out of position in the 17 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: 2-1. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Eurico Viana put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Gil de Medeiros. Gil de Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eurico Viana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eurico Viana in the 25th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Gil de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Roukeloes came free, but Gil de Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Eurico Viana hit a great ball. After 33 minutes, Tarcisio Favoretto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nautilus and the . SC Manhattan . players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gil de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Roukeloes in the 34th minute of the match. Gil de Medeiros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eurico Viana in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the game, Gustavo Pena was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nautilus's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave . SC Manhattan . the free kick. With his leg Gil de Medeiros managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd rose to their feet as Eurico Viana kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gil de Medeiros. That made the score 4-1 in the 39 minute of play. Eurico Viana did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-1 to the left of a surprised Gil de Medeiros 43 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Nautilus defense, Eurico Viana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gil de Medeiros. The Nautilus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gil de Medeiros should have stopped the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eurico Viana stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55thth minute of the game Eurico Viana who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gil de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eurico Viana in the 56th minute of play. 64 minutes into the game, Eurico Viana cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Gil de Medeiros was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Eurico Viana managed to get in a good position for a shot. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters rose to their feet, but Eurico Viana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gil de Medeiros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Manuel Roukeloes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Eurico Viana managed to get in a good position for a shot. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters rose to their feet, but Eurico Viana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gil de Medeiros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 81st minute Eurico Viana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gil de Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 83 minutes Nautilus's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Van Dijk who took care of the corner kick. Eurico Viana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Gil de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, Eurico Viana notched a goal, 10-1, to the right of Nautilus's Gil de Medeiros. Gil de Medeiros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. . SC Manhattan . walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.