Official Cup

Sao Januário
Spectators: 9070 (Terracing: 7000, Seating: 1900, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandre Tepedino got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Dorian Quirino threw the ball into play from the sideline. Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Umea Sorzano quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 7th minute, Waldemar Ortiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Pirani got free with Albino Maiorga in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Danial Boon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's supporters rose to their feet, but Danial Boon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bernardo Corrêa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Dorian Quirino in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Camilo Azubeli. In the 23rd minute Danial Boon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Corrêa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Ortiz in the 26th minute of play forced Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's goalkeeper Albino Maiorga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dorian Quirino was slow to take the kick. During this time Vascogoianiense FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Baldomero Gipuzkoa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Albino Maiorga did a great save. Dorian Quirino got a throw-in 31 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Baldomero Gipuzkoa. Vascogoianiense FC's Bernardo Corrêa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danial Boon in the 32nd minute of play. Dorian Quirino made in the 35th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Bebeto Leal however managed to control. In the 36th minute, Camilo Azubeli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexandre Tepedino scored 0-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bernardo Corrêa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bernardo Corrêa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandre Tepedino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Deportivo Pomelo Nenene were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Pirani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vascogoianiense FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pascual Pomelin was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Ortiz in the 54th minute of play forced Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's goalkeeper Albino Maiorga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albino Maiorga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Pirani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the game, Dorian Quirino threw the ball into play from the sideline. Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Pece Etoo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 60 minutes into the game, Dorian Quirino threw the ball into play from the sideline. Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Umea Sorzano quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Albino Maiorga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Pirani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that João Pirani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Albino Maiorga was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. When Danial Boon came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Deportivo Pomelo Nenene 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 Danial Boon couldn't finish the play. Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Liu Feng Guang was substituted for Danial Boon. Waldemar Ortiz hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Bernardo Corrêa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Feng Guang in the 77th minute of play. Bernardo Corrêa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Feng Guang in the 78th minute of the match. The supporters of Vascogoianiense FC booed when Deportivo Pomelo Nenene was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fragiskos Fitriansyah didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Marcos Urtsin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vascogoianiense FC:s Bernardo Corrêa showed great skill when he stopped Pascual Pomelin:s penalty. Pascual Pomelin did an outstanding performance 90 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 0-2 to the right of an irritated Bernardo Corrêa in the goal. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Vascogoianiense FC's goalkeeper Bernardo Corrêa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 94 minutes into the match, Deportivo Pomelo Nenene's Liu Feng Guang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernardo Corrêa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 96 minutes, Pascual Pomelin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Deportivo Pomelo Nenene and the Vascogoianiense FC players grew even worse after the yellow card.

The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Deportivo Pomelo Nenene walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.