Official Cup

ARENA TRAKINAS
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Charles Oliveira started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Charles Oliveira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Washington Saldanha having to make a save. In the 5th minute Charles Oliveira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Washington Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Remo de Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chicão Mandrak in the 6th minute of play. Washington Saldanha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Léo Trancoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Léo Trancoso got free with Washington Saldanha in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Triplo Malte F.C.'s Washington Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Régis Guimarães in the 11th minute of play. Washington Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charles Oliveira in the 12th minute of play. Oswaldo Matos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Washington Saldanha firmly grabbed it by the left post. Triplo Malte F.C.'s Washington Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charles Oliveira in the 22nd minute of play. After 24 minutes Triplo Malte F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Régis Guimarães who took care of the corner kick. 25 minutes into the match, TRAKINAS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sílvio Luiz Pimenta came free, but Remo de Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Válter Terra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Washington Saldanha made a huge save. Remo de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sílvio Luiz Pimenta, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute of the match Triplo Malte F.C. got a corner. TRAKINAS FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sílvio Luiz Pimenta ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Sílvio Luiz Pimenta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Remo de Toledo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match clock showed 39 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Léo Trancoso sped through Triplo Malte F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Washington Saldanha. In the 42nd minute Léo Trancoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Washington Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Washington Saldanha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charles Oliveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the match, Triplo Malte F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Charles Oliveira came free, but Washington Saldanha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. TRAKINAS FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Régis Guimarães in the 47th minute. The corner led TRAKINAS FC's Oswaldo Matos to fire away a dangerous shot which Washington Saldanha despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sílvio Luiz Pimenta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Oswaldo Matos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TRAKINAS FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After a rather tough play, Triplo Malte F.C.'s Sílvio Luiz Pimenta got a free kick in the 56th minute. Sílvio Luiz Pimenta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo de Toledo having to interfere. Sílvio Luiz Pimenta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 62nd minute, Léo Trancoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 65 minutes, Léo Trancoso managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TRAKINAS FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Léo Trancoso was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Triplo Malte F.C.'s Washington Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charles Oliveira in the 67th minute of play. After 68 played minutes Triplo Malte F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Cícero Breckenfeld. Washington Saldanha didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Charles Oliveira went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Washington Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charles Oliveira in the 79th minute of play. Remo de Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sílvio Luiz Pimenta in the 83rd minute of play. Remo de Toledo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rômulo Secco showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 84 minute of play. Washington Saldanha came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by TRAKINAS FC's Charles Oliveira. But to his dismay, Charles Oliveira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Triplo Malte F.C.'s Chicão Mandrak got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Triplo Malte F.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.