Official Cup

Arena Cruzeiro
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zbigniew Zatorski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Raphael Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute, Zbigniew Zatorski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Torgeir Phan. The goal made the score 1-0. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Mota 2017's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mauro Quirino took the corner. Torgeir Phan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zbigniew Zatorski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zbigniew Zatorski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zbigniew Zatorski came free with the goalkeeper in the 30th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Torgeir Phan could save by the left post. Zbigniew Zatorski might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Torgeir Phan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zbigniew Zatorski ran back to his position shaking his head. Mota 2017's Torgeir Phan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Mota 2017 from getting a goal against them. Torgeir Phan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zbigniew Zatorski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 45 minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roger Couto was the one to do the kick off. Torgeir Phan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Thanos in the 54th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Simo Mihklisaar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Torgeir Phan was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Roger Couto came free, but Raphael Dantas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Simo Mihklisaar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Torgeir Phan having to interfere. When Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Tony Thanos in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mota 2017's goalie prevented a goal. Emiliano Toribio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Torgeir Phan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- made a substitution. Giovani Luz replaced Pedro Luís Furtado. After a rather tough play, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Xiao Fenge got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute, Gonçalo Guimarães 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Thanos in the 68th minute of play forced Mota 2017's goalkeeper Torgeir Phan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Toribio in the 70th minute of play forced Mota 2017's goalkeeper Torgeir Phan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simo Mihklisaar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Torgeir Phan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Thanos, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Torgeir Phan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simo Mihklisaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simo Mihklisaar in the 76th minute of play forced Mota 2017's goalkeeper Torgeir Phan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Dobromir Malewicki had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Torgeir Phan. Mota 2017's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dobromir Malewicki was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 81st minute, Dobromir Malewicki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute, Tony Thanos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Torgeir Phan was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Torgeir Phan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simo Mihklisaar in the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Tim-Florian T. Hansen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Torgeir Phan. Mota 2017's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tim-Florian T. Hansen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. If Simo Mihklisaar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mota 2017's Torgeir Phan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tony Thanos in the 95th minute of play. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- were awarded a corner in the 96th minute after Mota 2017's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dobromir Malewicki took the corner. Mota 2017's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.