Official Cup

MINEIRÃO
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nico de Mendonça made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, Naldo Baiano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Naldo Baiano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nico de Mendonça in the 10th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adriano Fernandez during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adriano Fernandez to maneuver through the defense. After 14 played minutes Naldo Baiano rounded RÖK's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. Naldo Baiano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Yan Pirani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 22 minutes, William Guerreiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MINEIROS and the RÖK players grew even worse after the yellow card. William Guerreiro kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nico de Mendonça. 33 minutes into the game, Nico de Mendonça lined in a short shot 3-0 behind a frustrated Yan Pirani. Yan Pirani was a little too slow when Maicon Quintal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 37th minute. The score was now 4-0. Yan Pirani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nico de Mendonça in the 41st minute. Yan Pirani was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Nico de Mendonça capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nico de Mendonça really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nico de Mendonça in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yan Pirani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lucas Amorim to make the kick off. Yan Pirani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maicon Quintal, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Yan Pirani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naldo Baiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute, Naldo Baiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, MINEIROS's William Guerreiro got a free kick in the 57th minute. Maicon Quintal succeeded in the game's 60th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 6-0. After having played for 63 minutes, Benê Amorim managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MINEIROS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benê Amorim was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Serginho Taffarel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. MINEIROS made a substitution. Luiz Fábio Schmidt replaced Maicon Quintal. In the 71st minute MINEIROS were awarded a corner. Luiz Fábio Schmidt went to the cornerflag to take it. Luiz Fábio Schmidt made a great header on MINEIROS's corner, it was just that RÖK's Yan Pirani managed to reach the ball for a save. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nico de Mendonça in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 76th minute, MINEIROS's William Guerreiro seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed William Guerreiro the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of MINEIROS protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and William Guerreiro had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. William Guerreiro kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, MINEIROS's William Guerreiro got a free kick in the 78th minute. Wesley Sena took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 78th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Serginho Taffarel. MINEIROS's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Luiz Fábio Schmidt scored 7-0 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yan Pirani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When MINEIROS's Nico de Mendonça in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye RÖK's goalie prevented a goal. Nico de Mendonça scored 8-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yan Pirani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. MINEIROS'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.