Official Cup

Arena Bulls
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) After 7 minutes Palmeiras - Tia Leila's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sebastião Tróia who took care of the corner kick. After a defensive mix-up in Palmeiras - Tia Leila's zone, Sunday Skinas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elano Rezende came out of the goal and Sunday Skinas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romulo Lehen in the 19th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Palmeiras - Tia Leila's goal looked a bit too open when Romulo Lehen came free, but Elano Rezende reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rowen Doherty in the 27th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the game, Rowen Doherty cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Elano Rezende was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Genílson Mandrak in the 31st minute of play forced Grêmio Bulls's goalkeeper Henrique Prata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Grêmio Bulls's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Olívio Sá was slow to take the kick. During this time Palmeiras - Tia Leila's players had a chance to rest. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Caco Barbosa put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Henrique Prata. Grêmio Bulls's Henrique Prata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caco Barbosa in the 42nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Grêmio Bulls's Geoff Mullen got a free kick in the 46th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Caco Barbosa in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrique Prata saved Grêmio Bulls from getting behind.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Caco Barbosa to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Caetano da Silveira threw the ball into play from the sideline. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Joachim Svenkerud quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Henrique Prata made an important save on a dangerous shot by Caco Barbosa in the 52nd minute. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romulo Lehen in the 53rd minute of play. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romulo Lehen in the 55th minute of the match. Grêmio Bulls made a substitution. Wei Shu Gang replaced Alfredo Dante. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rowen Doherty in the 58th minute of the match. Grêmio Bulls's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sebastião Tróia in the 61st minute. Grêmio Bulls's Sebastião Tróia was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Elano Rezende in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sunday Skinas in the 62nd minute of play forced Palmeiras - Tia Leila's goalkeeper Elano Rezende to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romulo Lehen in the 67th minute of play forced Palmeiras - Tia Leila's goalkeeper Elano Rezende to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Grêmio Bulls fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when Grêmio Bulls's Romulo Lehen 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 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Grêmio Bulls's Pedrão Prata was substituted for Romulo Lehen. Palmeiras - Tia Leila made a substitution. Richard de Senna replaced Olívio Sá. Pedrão Prata received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Elano Rezende tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rowen Doherty recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 86th minute Pedrão Prata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elano Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Tróia in the 91st minute of play forced Palmeiras - Tia Leila's goalkeeper Elano Rezende to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Pedrão Prata made a precise shot to the right of Elano Rezende. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Grêmio Bulls fans cheered their team off the field, for while Palmeiras - Tia Leila had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.