Official Cup

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vito Leite started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Talha İstanbul in the 4th 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Talha İstanbul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dagoberto Loureiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Punta in the 9th minute of the match. The throw-in from Tales Loureiro in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sao Brasola's Lu Jian Feng. A throw-in in the 17th minute of the game was made by Tales Loureiro with Harald Boman as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Vito Leite took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Urbano Saturnin. Urbano Saturnin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Urbano Saturnin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Leite in the 23rd minute of play. Cöpacabana FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Talha İstanbul in the 24th minute. It was a well-played corner which Diguinho Martins managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The supporters of Sao Brasola booed when Cöpacabana FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Huang Jian Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sao Brasola's Deng Jian Bing got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute, Cesare Punta reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dagoberto Loureiro. The goal made the score 1-1. 40 minutes into the match, Cöpacabana FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cesare Punta came free, but Dagoberto Loureiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dagoberto Loureiro came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Sao Brasola's Elia Di Vincenzo. But to his dismay, Elia Di Vincenzo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 45th minute, Tales Loureiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, Cöpacabana FC's goalkeeper Dagoberto Loureiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elia Di Vincenzo. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Cesare Punta might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dagoberto Loureiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cesare Punta ran back to his position shaking his head. Dagoberto Loureiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesare Punta in the 55th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Cöpacabana FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cesare Punta came free, but Dagoberto Loureiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Cesare Punta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 62 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's Cesare Punta sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dagoberto Loureiro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dagoberto Loureiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Punta in the 65th minute of the match. Dagoberto Loureiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesare Punta, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. The audience was convinced that Cesare Punta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dagoberto Loureiro was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Dagoberto Loureiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cesare Punta's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. After a rather tough play, Cöpacabana FC's Vito Leite got a free kick in the 75th minute. Cöpacabana FC made a substitution. Stig-Åke Benet replaced Vito Leite. After 76 played minutes Cöpacabana FC got a freekick which was hit by Vito Leite. Dagoberto Loureiro had in the 78thth minute some difficulties stopping Deng Jian Bing's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Stig-Åke Benet came free, but Urbano Saturnin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Cesare Punta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dagoberto Loureiro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet as Stig-Åke Benet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Urbano Saturnin. That made the score 6-2 in the 91 minute of play. Dagoberto Loureiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesare Punta, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Sao Brasola fully deserved thier win.