Official Cup

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Fritz Ernst Joinvilense started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Wyoming Cowboys's Henning Berglund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fritz Ernst Joinvilense in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the game, Lanny Lilly cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. José Pedro Bertassi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fritz Ernst Joinvilense got free with Henning Berglund in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José Pedro Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwin McNamara in the 10th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Henning Berglund successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 16th minute of the match Botafogo AP got a corner. Wyoming Cowboys's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ademir de Almeida ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Ademir de Almeida almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Wyoming Cowboys's Henning Berglund did a great save. Fritz Ernst Joinvilense struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Henning Berglund didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Botafogo AP. When Wyoming Cowboys's Edwin McNamara in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Botafogo AP's goalie prevented a goal. After 20 minutes Botafogo AP's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nils McNamara who took care of the corner kick. Wyoming Cowboys's Henning Berglund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fritz Ernst Joinvilense in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lanny Lilly's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Pedro Bertassi was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. José Pedro Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodney Huston, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fritz Ernst Joinvilense could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Henning Berglund made a huge save. In the 35th minute Edwin McNamara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodney Huston in the 37th minute of play forced Botafogo AP's goalkeeper José Pedro Bertassi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th match minute, Botafogo AP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Eduardo Furlan to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute Lanny Lilly shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wyoming Cowboys were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after Botafogo AP's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nils McNamara took the corner. The corner ended in Nils McNamara almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi did a great save. José Pedro Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mats McNamara in the 44th minute of play. José Pedro Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodney Huston, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After some careless play in the Botafogo AP defense, Rodney Huston kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Pedro Bertassi. The Botafogo AP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Pedro Bertassi should have stopped the shot. After the first half Wyoming Cowboys were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Edwin McNamara made the kick off in the second half. José Pedro Bertassi made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Lanny Lilly sent off a good shot on target. In the 53rd minute Wyoming Cowboys were awarded a corner. Nils McNamara went to the cornerflag to take it. José Pedro Bertassi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mats McNamara went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lanny Lilly got free with José Pedro Bertassi in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Fritz Ernst Joinvilense managed to get in a good position for a shot. Botafogo AP's supporters rose to their feet, but Fritz Ernst Joinvilense was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henning Berglund breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. José Pedro Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mats McNamara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Pedro Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwin McNamara, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the match, Botafogo AP's goal looked a bit too open when Edwin McNamara came free, but José Pedro Bertassi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Pedro Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodney Huston in the 65th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fritz Ernst Joinvilense in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henning Berglund saved Wyoming Cowboys from getting behind. Botafogo AP's José Pedro Bertassi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodney Huston in the 71st minute of play. After some careless play in the Botafogo AP defense, Verner Myr kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Pedro Bertassi. The Botafogo AP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Pedro Bertassi should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mats McNamara got free with José Pedro Bertassi in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rodney Huston struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. José Pedro Bertassi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Wyoming Cowboys. Edwin McNamara took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Pedro Bertassi. José Pedro Bertassi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Wyoming Cowboys's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.