Official Cup

Arena CaldeirãoVerde
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Robby Di Giuseppe got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, ZAFIRO FC's Javi Fridman got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Laércio Damiãos short, quick shot in the 5thth minute got Augusto Niva to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Laércio Damião managed to get in a good position for a shot. União Verde FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Laércio Damião was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Augusto Niva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Gilvan Pombal came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the União Verde FC 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 Gilvan Pombal couldn't finish the play. A collision led to ZAFIRO FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Javi Fridman hit a great ball. Laércio Damiãos short, quick shot in the 12thth minute got Augusto Niva to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ademir Guia kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Jorge Mendonça's late challenge caught a ZAFIRO FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20thth minute of the game Laércio Damião who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ZAFIRO FC's Augusto Niva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Laércio Damião received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Augusto Niva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Augusto Niva made an important save on a dangerous shot by Laércio Damião in the 39th minute. Ademir Guia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Augusto Niva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ZAFIRO FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Conrado Bartolome hit a great ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Laércio Damião was the one to do the kick off. Ademir Guia might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Augusto Niva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ademir Guia ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robby Di Giuseppe got free with Bebeto de Salles in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ZAFIRO FC's Javi Fridman got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Jonas Feo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute, Laércio Damião left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The União Verde FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 73rd minute, Laércio Damião got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 76th minute, Gilvan Pombal made a precise shot to the right of Augusto Niva. ZAFIRO FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Robby Di Giuseppe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Bebeto de Salles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, União Verde FC's Bebeto de Salles got control of the ball when Javi Fridman tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Ademir Guia managed to get in a good position for a shot. União Verde FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ademir Guia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Augusto Niva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 90 played minutes ZAFIRO FC got a freekick which was hit by Zafir Peto. After some careless play in the ZAFIRO FC defense, Laércio Damião kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Augusto Niva. The ZAFIRO FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Augusto Niva should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ademir Guia in the 95th minute of play forced ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Augusto Niva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. União Verde FC had won after a very even match.