Official Cup

Couqueiros Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) AM United's Teodoro Freire started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. David Bastos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Åke Andreasson, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The attack was good, but when Karl-Åke Andreasson in the 3rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Niklas Lundqvist in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Bastos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 7th minute of the match The Shadows got a corner. AM United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ni Zhen Ying ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Wen Rong Feng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this David Bastos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Angelo Pessoa struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Marcos Basso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AM United. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbert Holmgren in the 10th minute of play forced AM United's goalkeeper David Bastos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Bastos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niklas Lundqvist in the 12th minute of the match. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Freire in the 20th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Bo á Bø hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AM United's David Bastos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bastian Von Axelson in the 28th minute of play. The Shadows's Marcos Basso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save The Shadows from getting a goal against them. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 32nd minute of the game. One of AM United:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of The Shadows:s goal. David Bastos had in the 34thth minute some difficulties stopping Herbert Holmgren's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 36th minute of the match The Shadows got a corner. AM United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ni Zhen Ying ran over to the corner to take the kick. Herbert Holmgren made a great header on The Shadows's corner, it was just that AM United's David Bastos managed to reach the ball for a save. David Bastos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niklas Lundqvist in the 38th minute of play. With a little luck, The Shadows's Marcos Basso got control of the ball when Teodoro Freire tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 42nd minute of play forced AM United's goalkeeper David Bastos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Bastos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niklas Lundqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, AM United's Teodoro Freire got a free kick in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Niklas Lundqvist was the one to do the kick off. AM United's David Bastos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 51st minute of play. Marcos Basso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelo Pessoa, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. AM United were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after The Shadows's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adelino Palma took the corner. David Bastos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 58th minute. In the 66th minute The Shadows were awarded a corner. Ni Zhen Ying went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led The Shadows's Wen Rong Feng to fire away a dangerous shot which David Bastos despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Teodoro Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Shadows made a substitution. Slawomir Cisek replaced Li Fei Xu. The Shadows made a substitution. Torgny Söderström replaced Wen Rong Feng. The Shadows made a substitution. Ni Yu Feng replaced Bo á Bø. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 76th minute of play forced AM United's goalkeeper David Bastos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Shadows's Marcos Basso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Pessoa in the 80th minute of play. In the 87th minute AM United were awarded a corner. Adelino Palma went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on AM United's corner Adelino Palma fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcos Basso quite easily take care of the ball. David Bastos made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Bastian Von Axelson sent off a good shot on target. The Shadows's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.