Official Cup

SALIMEN Arena
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Avery Novak made the kick off which started today's match. Avery Novak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Giovanni Lucas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Nilson Marques sped through Vitória StrikerS™'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of La Bolas. Cássio Cortez's late challenge caught a SALIMEN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cássio Cortez helped the player get up and apologised. After 16 played minutes Vitória StrikerS™ got a freekick which was hit by Cássio Cortez. When Gustavo Souza fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SALIMEN's protests and gave Gustavo Souza a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to SALIMEN getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Gustavo Souza hit a great ball. Giovanni Lucas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Haaland in the 25th minute of the match. When Vitória StrikerS™'s Avery Novak in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SALIMEN's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avery Novak in the 37th minute of play forced SALIMEN's goalkeeper Giovanni Lucas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38thth minute of the game Avery Novak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SALIMEN's Giovanni Lucas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Pedro Haaland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 43 minutes, Avery Novak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vitória StrikerS™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Avery Novak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avery Novak in the 45th minute of play forced SALIMEN's goalkeeper Giovanni Lucas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nilson Marques struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. La Bolas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SALIMEN. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matías de Sena to make the kick off. Giovanni Lucas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avery Novak in the 52nd minute of the match. Fabrício Mazza kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SALIMEN's Adilson Brito got a free kick in the 59th minute. A hard shot 62 in the game by Pedro Haaland from a close distance when the talented Giovanni Lucas managed to make a qualified save. SALIMEN's players were relieved. Pedro Haaland could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Giovanni Lucas made a huge save. After 72 minutes SALIMEN's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Artur Estrada who took care of the corner kick. Durval Bulhosa lost his temper 73 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of SALIMEN booed when Vitória StrikerS™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Durval Bulhosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Vitória StrikerS™'s zone, Nilson Marques stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. La Bolas came out of the goal and Nilson Marques tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 78 played minutes SALIMEN got a freekick which was hit by Fabrício Mazza. Artur Estrada recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pedro Haaland could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Giovanni Lucas made a huge save. Pedro Haalands short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Giovanni Lucas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Giovanni Lucas stood somewhat misplaced when Pedro Haaland came free in front of goal and shot 1-1 to the left of him in the 86 minute. The supporters of Vitória StrikerS™ booed when SALIMEN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adilson Brito didn't get a good kick on the ball. During the 95th minute of the match Fabrício Mazza completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Fabrício Mazza a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. 95 minutes into the game, one of SALIMEN:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Vitória StrikerS™ a penalty, 97 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Artur Estrada, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SALIMEN's Giovanni Lucas. 1-2. The SALIMEN supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Vitória StrikerS™'s performance. The match ended with a win for Vitória StrikerS™.