Official Cup

Rei Independente
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alexandre Velasco started the match with the kick off. Hadrian Faul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. The audience was convinced that Fausto Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hadrian Faul was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fausto Mendonça in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hadrian Faul saved Anjos from getting behind. In the 14th minute Fausto Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hadrian Faul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fausto Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 20 minutes into the match, Anjos's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Mendonça came free, but Hadrian Faul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rdth minute of the game Fausto Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Anjos's Hadrian Faul was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Anjos's Hadrian Faul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Mendonça in the 26th minute of play. When Fausto Mendonça came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Scarlet Speedster 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 Fausto Mendonça couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Anjos's Adhemar Martins got a free kick in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Mendonça in the 33rd minute of play forced Anjos's goalkeeper Hadrian Faul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Raigo Vananurm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th minute, Fausto Mendonça 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. Hadrian Faul stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fausto Mendonça's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fausto Mendonça in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hadrian Faul prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Fausto Mendonça might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hadrian Faul. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fausto Mendonça ran back to his position shaking his head. 42 minutes into the match, Scarlet Speedster's Fausto Mendonça sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hadrian Faul narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hadrian Faul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Mendonça in the 44th minute of the match. The Anjos players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Scarlet Speedster were winning 0-1.

51 minutes into the match, Fausto Mendonça dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hadrian Faul, 0-2. The audience was convinced that Fausto Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hadrian Faul was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Fausto Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hadrian Faul having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Fausto Mendonça ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hadrian Faul was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Scarlet Speedster's Ekialde Nadal was substituted for Fausto Mendonça. The crowd rose to their feet as Ekialde Nadal kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hadrian Faul. That made the score 0-4 in the 66 minute of play. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Ekialde Nadal took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Hadrian Faul to make any attempt to save it. Scarlet Speedster's attentive Samuel Quirino managed to snatch the ball when Nahuel-Jesús van Bronckhorst made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. Hadrian Faul made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ekialde Nadal in the 79th minute. In the 82nd minute, Anselmo Remir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Scarlet Speedster's Ekialde Nadal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hadrian Faul. That made the score 0-7 after 85 minutes of play. In the 88th minute, Raigo Vananurm fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Hadrian Faul, passed just outside the right post. A hard shot 90 in the game by Ekialde Nadal from a close distance when the talented Hadrian Faul managed to make a qualified save. Anjos's players were relieved. The audience was convinced that Ekialde Nadal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hadrian Faul was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Ekialde Nadal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Scarlet Speedster's supporters rose to their feet, but Ekialde Nadal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hadrian Faul breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Anjos fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Scarlet Speedster were clearly better and deserved to take the win.