Official Cup

VB TEAM ARENA
Spectators: 8150 (Terracing: 6113, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 163) Afonso da Cunha started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 6 minutes of play, CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's Afonso da Cunha made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fanis Geronimidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! David Brás kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Ludomil Ziomkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evren Yezid in the 11th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Ludomil Ziomkowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evren Yezid. Ludomil Ziomkowski came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Belotaurus FC's Doni Cordeiro. But to his dismay, Doni Cordeiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Ludomil Ziomkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doni Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Afonso da Cunha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th minute Silviu Novac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludomil Ziomkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Silviu Novac made a kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Afonso da Cunha in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fanis Geronimidis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's Breno Torres was substituted for Emanuele Bertoni. CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's Gustavo da Silva was substituted for Virgiawan Laturua. 65 minutes in the game Angelo Urre did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Doni Cordeiro. 66 minutes into the match, Afonso da Cunha notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis. Fanis Geronimidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 74thth minute of the game Rambo von Buol-Schaudenstein who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 74 minutes, Rambo von Buol-Schaudenstein made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Afonso da Cunha who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 78thth minute tested the skills of Fanis Geronimidis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 79th minute of the match, Afonso da Cunha tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Fanis Geronimidis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a little luck, Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis got control of the ball when Rambo von Buol-Schaudenstein tried to sneak it across the goal line. Afonso da Cunha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fanis Geronimidis having to make a save. Fanis Geronimidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso da Cunha in the 85th minute of play. In the last second Fanis Geronimidis throw himself and got hold of the ball when Afonso da Cunha in the 87thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience was convinced that Afonso da Cunha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fanis Geronimidis was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Fanis Geronimidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Afonso da Cunha in the 89th minute. In the 90th minute of the match CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ got a corner. Belotaurus FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Xande Campbell ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Afonso da Cunha got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fanis Geronimidis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 94th minute, Rambo von Buol-Schaudenstein ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fanis Geronimidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5.

CA Metropolitano - FSCMZ's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.