Official Cup

Estádio Almeidão
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sal Darby started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Belo Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaltino Dantas to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfredo Travassos in the 9th minute of play forced Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's goalkeeper Lütfi Kutlubay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thibault Delanoë sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Manfredo Travassos fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Belo Academy's protests and gave Manfredo Travassos a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Belo Academy getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Manfredo Travassos hit a great ball. After 14 minutes, Isaltino Dantas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Belo Academy and the Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 14 played minutes Belo Academy got a freekick which was hit by Isaltino Dantas. After 14 played minutes, Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's Flavien Deregnaucourt shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luís Eduardo Mazza came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa reached it. In the 16th minute Manfredo Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lütfi Kutlubay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lütfi Kutlubay made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Bernardinho Leão sent off a good shot on target. Belo Academy's Luís Eduardo Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Carlos Mesquita in the 26th minute of play. Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after Belo Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Flavien Deregnaucourt took the corner. The corner ended in Flavien Deregnaucourt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Belo Academy's Luís Eduardo Mazza did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfredo Travassos in the 29th minute of play forced Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's goalkeeper Lütfi Kutlubay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd match minute, Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joélson Massa to maneuver through the defense. Bernardinho Leão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lütfi Kutlubay having to interfere. Belo Academy's Luís Eduardo Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Carlos Mesquita in the 40th minute of play. Claudinei Terra hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute Manfredo Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lütfi Kutlubay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manfredo Travassos to make the kick off. Lütfi Kutlubay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardinho Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 52nd minute Manfredo Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lütfi Kutlubay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lütfi Kutlubay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manfredo Travassos in the 52nd minute of play. Belo Academy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by José Augusto de Andrade in the 54th minute. Mateus Salles tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Lütfi Kutlubay. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-0 in the 54th minute. When Manfredo Travassos came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Belo Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Manfredo Travassos couldn't finish the play. In the 66th minute João Carlos Mesquita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Eduardo Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute Manfredo Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lütfi Kutlubay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lütfi Kutlubay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manfredo Travassos in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfredo Travassos in the 69th minute of play forced Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's goalkeeper Lütfi Kutlubay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferenc Szántó made in the 73rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's Ian de Azevedo. A collision led to Belo Academy getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Ricardo Varela hit a great ball. 78 minutes into the match, Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardinho Leão came free, but Lütfi Kutlubay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belo Academy's Luís Eduardo Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Carlos Mesquita in the 79th minute of play. When Belo Academy's Manfredo Travassos in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's goalie prevented a goal. Lütfi Kutlubay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manfredo Travassos, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Lütfi Kutlubay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manfredo Travassos in the 85th minute of play. João Carlos Mesquita might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Eduardo Mazza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. João Carlos Mesquita ran back to his position shaking his head. Luís Eduardo Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Carlos Mesquita, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Bernardinho Leão scored 2-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lütfi Kutlubay, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cospe-Fogo-Pelasventa's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.