Official Cup

S.S. Karaboudjan
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fernandinho Albuquerque took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes of play, Ares FC -MM-'s Baal Ares made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelinho Abraão was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 6thth minute of the game Baal Ares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Karaboudjan's Marcelinho Abraão was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 13th minute Mugur Chiriac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Abraão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Baal Ares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 16 minutes into the match, Karaboudjan's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Marcelinho Abraão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Baal Ares in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcelinho Abraão saved Karaboudjan from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Baal Ares managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ares FC -MM-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Baal Ares was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelinho Abraão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Baal Ares scored 0-3 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelinho Abraão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 27th minute Fernandinho Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luca Jivulescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Luca Jivulescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yuri Teixeira. In the 31st minute Baal Ares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Abraão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Jivulescu made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Fernandinho Albuquerque sent off a good shot on target. Fernandinho Albuquerque could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Luca Jivulescu made a huge save. 37 minutes into the match, Karaboudjan's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Marcelinho Abraão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernandinho Albuquerque in the 38th minute of play. Karaboudjan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Felippe Monteiro in the 40th minute. The corner ended in Felippe Monteiro almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ares FC -MM-'s Luca Jivulescu did a great save. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Karaboudjan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Karadeniz Otay was slow to take the kick. During this time Ares FC -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Ares FC -MM-'s corner Karadeniz Otay fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcelinho Abraão quite easily take care of the ball. Baal Ares recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Baal Ares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marcelinho Abraão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baal Ares in the 51st minute of the match. The supporters of Ares FC -MM- booed when Karaboudjan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felippe Monteiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute Baal Ares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelinho Abraão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Karadeniz Otay could shoot a difficult shot in the 62nd minute, which Marcelinho Abraão however easily saved by the left post. Marcelinho Abraão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baal Ares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the match, Karaboudjan's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Marcelinho Abraão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baal Ares in the 79th minute of play forced Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Marcelinho Abraão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karaboudjan's Marcelinho Abraão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Karaboudjan from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Karaboudjan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alin Brumaru was slow to take the kick. During this time Ares FC -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. In the 84th minute, Rafael Godoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, Karaboudjan's goal looked a bit too open when Baal Ares came free, but Marcelinho Abraão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Baal Ares came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Ares FC -MM- 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 Baal Ares couldn't finish the play. Marcelinho Abraão stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Baal Ares's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Ares FC -MM- eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.