Official Cup

光明足球场
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Luís de Brito made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Hess in the 10th minute of play forced 『挑战者』上海光明队's goalkeeper 徐崇源 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Santos FC booed when 『挑战者』上海光明队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. 乔真钢 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 13 minutes, Mirolyub Razlozhki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 『挑战者』上海光明队 and the Santos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 13 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 『挑战者』上海光明队! 徐崇源 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Jewell in the 17th minute of the match. Santos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thanh Darden in the 18th minute. Thanh Darden made a great header on Santos FC's corner, it was just that 『挑战者』上海光明队's 徐崇源 managed to reach the ball for a save. Leal Novais took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jim Mitchell. Jim Mitchell dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. The 『挑战者』上海光明队 fans' excitement grew in the 22nd match minute when 『挑战者』上海光明队's Luís de Brito 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 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Victor Hess in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 徐崇源 saved 『挑战者』上海光明队 from getting behind. In the 35th minute, 鲁凡振 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. 鲁凡振's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jim Mitchell read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. Santos FC's Victor Hess got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Reyes Ritter came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Santos FC 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 Reyes Ritter couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Victor Hess stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Victor Hess managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Victor Hess was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 徐崇源 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 徐崇源 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Jewell in the 54th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Hess got free with 徐崇源 in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, 『挑战者』上海光明队's 徐崇源 got control of the ball when Victor Hess tried to sneak it across the goal line. Victor Hess sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 鲁凡振's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jim Mitchell read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Santos FC's Jimmy Coulter got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After 83 played minutes 『挑战者』上海光明队 got a freekick which was hit by Mirolyub Razlozhki. 86 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』上海光明队's Luís de Brito sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jim Mitchell narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 88th minute, Leal Novais left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 『挑战者』上海光明队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. A hard shot 92 in the game by Victor Hess from a close distance when the talented 徐崇源 managed to make a qualified save. 『挑战者』上海光明队's players were relieved. 『挑战者』上海光明队's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.