Official Cup

Ribeirada
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jorge Rico got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Ribeirada's zone, Cecilio Tristan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Inácio Quinaz came out of the goal and Cecilio Tristan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Inácio Quinaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cecilio Tristan in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ribeirada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Genaro Elivareo was slow to take the kick. During this time Abuba Akotonon FC's players had a chance to rest. Vânderson Barbosa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 9th minute, Mário Gameiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cecilio Tristan in the 11th minute of play forced Ribeirada's goalkeeper Inácio Quinaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ribeirada's Inácio Quinaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cecilio Tristan in the 12th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Genaro Elivareo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Ribeirada's Inácio Quinaz. Inácio Quinaz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute Cecilio Tristan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Inácio Quinaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Inácio Quinaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vânderson Barbosa in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Vânderson Barbosa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Inácio Quinaz was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Rico got free with Hugo Orlando Gatti in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Rico got free with Hugo Orlando Gatti in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 39th minute, Jorge Rico reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hugo Orlando Gatti. The goal made the score 1-1. Genaro Elivareo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Inácio Quinaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cecilio Tristan to make the kick off. Inácio Quinaz came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Abuba Akotonon FC's Vânderson Barbosa. But to his dismay, Vânderson Barbosa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. 58 minutes into the match, Cecilio Tristan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Inácio Quinaz. Ribeirada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cecilio Tristan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Abuba Akotonon FC's Cecilio Tristan was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 64th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Rico in the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Ribeirada's goalkeeper Inácio Quinaz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Genaro Elivareo. Mário Gameiro kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 72nd minute of the game Basarab Ceaușu made a throw-in which David Pereira played forward. Emanuel Aurre made in the 75th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Genaro Elivareo however managed to control. Ribeirada's Inácio Quinaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genaro Elivareo in the 77th minute of play. With a little luck, Ribeirada's Inácio Quinaz got control of the ball when Genaro Elivareo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cecilio Tristan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Inácio Quinaz having to make a save. 83 minutes into the match, Rene Sanson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Inácio Quinaz, 1-5. In the 86th minute, Vânderson Barbosa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Abuba Akotonon FC made a substitution. Ramón Garay replaced Vânderson Barbosa. Ribeirada's Mário Gameiro managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by J.J Okocha in the 92 minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Ribeirada's Mário Gameiro got a free kick in the 93rd minute. In the 94th minute, Genaro Elivareo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Ribeirada fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Abuba Akotonon FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.