Official Cup

Arena da Baixada
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vladko Pipkov made the kick off which started today's match. If Valdemar de Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jânio Pires received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Evrosi Popsavov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gediminas Donskis in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gediminas Donskis in the 13th minute of play forced Grêmio 20 Julho's goalkeeper Jonathan Zanette to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdemar de Amaral might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Evrosi Popsavov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valdemar de Amaral ran back to his position shaking his head. Evrosi Popsavov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valdemar de Amaral in the 19th minute. The throw-in from Huben Madolev in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Grêmio 20 Julho's Tiaguinho Saldanha. Manchester United F.C.'s Evrosi Popsavov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdemar de Amaral in the 21st minute of play. If Valdemar de Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 32 played minutes Grêmio 20 Julho got a freekick which was hit by Jacinto Amaral. Jonathan Zanette took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anani Barutchiyski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led to Manchester United F.C.'s Anani Barutchiyski getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After 37 played minutes Valdemar de Amaral rounded Manchester United F.C.'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valdemar de Amaral to make the kick off. Evrosi Popsavov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdemar de Amaral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Valdemar de Amaral came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Grêmio 20 Julho 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 Valdemar de Amaral couldn't finish the play. In the 63rd minute Valdemar de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evrosi Popsavov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Téo Pires sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manchester United F.C.'s Evrosi Popsavov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilmar Romero in the 67th minute of play. Grêmio 20 Julho's Jonathan Zanette played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladko Pipkov in the 70th minute of play. Jonathan Zanette showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladko Pipkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Evrosi Popsavov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdemar de Amaral in the 71st minute of the match. Manchester United F.C.'s Evrosi Popsavov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Téo Pires in the 72nd minute of play. With a little luck, Grêmio 20 Julho's Jonathan Zanette got control of the ball when Gediminas Donskis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gediminas Donskis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Jonathan Zanette made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gilmar Romero in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Evrosi Popsavov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Evrosi Popsavov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Téo Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 82nd minute, Téo Pires left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Grêmio 20 Julho fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Evrosi Popsavov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilmar Romero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Téo Pires blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Evrosi Popsavov having to make a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jacinto Amaral during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Evrosi Troshanov's shot from long distance in the 93rd minute was not bad at all, but Grêmio 20 Julho's Jonathan Zanette knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Gediminas Donskis took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Zanette. Jonathan Zanette dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Manchester United F.C.'s Evrosi Popsavov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilmar Romero in the 98th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Grêmio 20 Julho had won after a very even match.