Official Cup

Esperança Park
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Carlos Fernando Corrêa made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, União Agrícola Barbarense's goal looked a bit too open when Andrézinho das Neves came free, but Vladimir Valadares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladimir Valadares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luís de Moraes in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adilson de Alcântara in the 5th minute of play forced União Agrícola Barbarense's goalkeeper Vladimir Valadares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esperança FC's Andrézinho das Neves got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Andrézinho das Neves put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Vladimir Valadares. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Fernando Corrêa in the 12th minute of play forced Esperança FC's goalkeeper Fabiano Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Esperança FC's Adilson de Alcântara ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vladimir Valadares. Vladimir Valadares yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. After 18th play minutes Luís de Moraes shot 3-0, a short shot which went by Vladimir Valadares and just under the crossbar into goal. If Luís de Moraes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vladimir Valadares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrézinho das Neves in the 26th minute of the match. Vladimir Valadares made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Luís de Moraes sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, Adilson de Alcântara dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vladimir Valadares, 4-0. 31 minutes into the match, Luís de Moraes notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of União Agrícola Barbarense's Vladimir Valadares. Vladimir Valadares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th minute, Esperança FC's Luís de Moraes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vladimir Valadares. Vladimir Valadares yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 6-0. Luís de Moraes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Valadares having to interfere. After 38 minutes of play, Esperança FC's Luís de Moraes made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vladimir Valadares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vladimir Valadares was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Andrézinho das Neves capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Andrézinho das Neves really showed his touch with that goal: 8-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Adilson de Alcântara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esperança FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Adilson de Alcântara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vladimir Valadares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, União Agrícola Barbarense's Fernandão de Lima got a free kick in the 45th minute. Luís de Moraes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Valadares having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 8-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luís de Moraes was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute Andrézinho das Neves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Valadares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Esperança FC fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Esperança FC's Andrézinho das Neves looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 10-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Delfim Melo's late challenge caught a Esperança FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Delfim Melo helped the player get up and apologised. Delfim Melo hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Luís de Moraes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Esperança FC's Andrézinho das Neves got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Esperança FC fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when Esperança FC's Luís de Moraes looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 11-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 73rd minute, Luís de Moraes 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. Adilson de Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Fernando Corrêa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luís de Moraes took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vladimir Valadares. Vladimir Valadares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 14-0. Luís de Moraes scored 15-0 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vladimir Valadares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vladimir Valadares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrézinho das Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Vladimir Valadares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís de Moraes went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 16-0 was the resulting score.