Official Cup

TRIFORCE ARENA
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Triforce Super Soccer's Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Dalmo de Brito left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aesir FC FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With his leg Luiz Eduardo Galvão managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Triforce Super Soccer's Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 13 minutes into the match, Luiz Paulo de Lima had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Eduardo Galvão. Aesir FC FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luiz Paulo de Lima was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After a rather tough play, Aesir FC FSCMZ's Ernesto Berger got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 22nd minute Luiz Paulo de Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Eduardo Galvão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Triforce Super Soccer booed when Aesir FC FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dalmo de Brito didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristian Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney Ramalho in the 29th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice got free with Luiz Eduardo Galvão in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Aesir FC FSCMZ's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sydney Ramalho was the one to do the kick off. Eduard Kovalchuk was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 52 minutes into the match. Triforce Super Soccer:s Cristian Salles showed great skill when he stopped Carlos Eduardo Veiga:s penalty. Cristian Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dalmo de Brito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th match minute, Aesir FC FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Eduardo Veiga to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Aesir FC FSCMZ's Cristian Salles threw himself towards the right post 63 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sydney Ramalho, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Triforce Super Soccer's Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cristian Salles made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anselmo Fantini in the 67th minute. Aesir FC FSCMZ's Dalmo de Brito got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Triforce Super Soccer 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 Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice couldn't finish the play. Aesir FC FSCMZ's Luiz Eduardo Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ato Jabari Hamilton-Maurice in the 78th minute of play. After 79 minutes Aesir FC FSCMZ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aldo Calçada who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Aldo Calçada got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luiz Eduardo Galvão quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristian Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney Ramalho in the 82nd minute of the match. The supporters of Aesir FC FSCMZ booed when Triforce Super Soccer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilberto da Mata didn't get a good kick on the ball. Triforce Super Soccer's Amílton Alagoano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mathias Varela, made in the 97th minute of the game. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.