Prized/Friendly Cup

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Peppone Simmen got the match started through his kick off. Reko Nybacka made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Peppone Simmen sent off a good shot on target. Urbano Saturnin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Alberto Soares in the 12th minute of play. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sao Brasola's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vicente Valladares was slow to take the kick. During this time Catugi FC's players had a chance to rest. 17 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Alberto Soares came free, but Urbano Saturnin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Walmir Pombal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Urbano Saturnin. Sao Brasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Walmir Pombal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. With a little luck, Catugi FC's Reko Nybacka got control of the ball when Cesare Punta tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walmir Pombal in the 26th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Urbano Saturnin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urbano Saturnin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carlos Alberto Soares's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Urbano Saturnin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Alberto Soares in the 38th minute of the match. Reko Nybacka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Punta in the 44th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Alberto Soares in the 46th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Urbano Saturnin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 48 minutes, Miguel Pimenta put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Urbano Saturnin. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Carlos Alberto Soares made a kick off. In the 56th minute Carlos Alberto Soares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Saturnin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Alberto Soares in the 58th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Urbano Saturnin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 played minutes Catugi FC got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Alberto Soares. A collision led to Catugi FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Erik Sanches hit a great ball. Elia Di Vincenzo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Reko Nybacka. Catugi FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 67th match minute, Catugi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edson Couto to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joseph Asklöv in the 68th minute of play forced Catugi FC's goalkeeper Reko Nybacka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benjamim Alvarenga hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Catugi FC's Ernesto de Amaral got a free kick in the 73rd minute. The supporters of Catugi FC booed when Sao Brasola was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peppone Simmen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th match minute, Sao Brasola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deng Jian Bing to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Catugi FC's Urbano Saturnin threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Carlos Alberto Soares, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jaime França hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. If Peppone Simmen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peppone Simmen in the 88th minute of play forced Catugi FC's goalkeeper Reko Nybacka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cesare Punta in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Reko Nybacka saved Catugi FC from getting behind. A collision led to Catugi FC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Ernesto de Amaral hit a great ball. Sao Brasola's attentive Nojus Barasa managed to snatch the ball when Walmir Duarte made a throw-in in the 95th minute of the game. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Catugi FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.