Official Cup

Arena Arizona
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Natã Pereira got in the 7th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Semir Jakubović handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Lyuboslav Penev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Semir Jakubović made a huge save. A A Arizona's Hu Zhen Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Bojanowski in the 12th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Lyuboslav Penev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Semir Jakubović was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitinho do Valle in the 19th minute of play forced Predators's goalkeeper Semir Jakubović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Semir Jakubović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Bastos, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Humberto Bastos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Semir Jakubović was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 23rdth minute of the game Çakır Baycan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A A Arizona's Hu Zhen Hong was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Humberto Bastos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Semir Jakubović tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Semir Jakubović managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when A A Arizona's Natã Pereira fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, A A Arizona's Vladimiro Eutor got a free kick in the 28th minute. Hu Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Freitas in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Marcel Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hu Zhen Hong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hu Zhen Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyryl Bojanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 38th minute, Maicon Cavalcante left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A A Arizona fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 42 minutes into the match, A A Arizona's Lyuboslav Penev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Semir Jakubović narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A A Arizona's Hu Zhen Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Bojanowski in the 43rd minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lyuboslav Penev was the one to do the kick off. Hu Zhen Hong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Çakır Baycan in the 53rd minute of play. Hu Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Freitas in the 56th minute of the match. Lyuboslav Penev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th minute, Cyryl Bojanowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute Natã Pereira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Semir Jakubović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When A A Arizona's Lyuboslav Penev in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Predators's goalie prevented a goal. 71 minutes into the match, Predators's goal looked a bit too open when Natã Pereira came free, but Semir Jakubović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 75 minutes into the game, Cláudio de Mendonça cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Semir Jakubović was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 80 minutes into the game, A A Arizona's Lyuboslav Penev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Semir Jakubović made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lyuboslav Penev in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Semir Jakubović prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Semir Jakubović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lyuboslav Penev in the 86th minute of the match. Cyryl Bojanowski's late challenge caught a A A Arizona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cyryl Bojanowski helped the player get up and apologised. After 87 played minutes Predators got a freekick which was hit by Cyryl Bojanowski. Semir Jakubović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maicon Cavalcante in the 91st minute of the match. After 97 played minutes A A Arizona got a freekick which was hit by Lyuboslav Penev. A A Arizona were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Predators for a fine match.