Official Cup

Allianz Arena
Spectators: 469 (Terracing: 352, Seating: 108, VIP seats: 9) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ronaldo Pirani made the kick off which started today's match. Manfred Jönsson was a little too slow when Nelsinho Marinho got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 11th minute. The score was now 1-0. With a little luck, Baxters Boys's Manfred Jönsson got control of the ball when Ronaldo Pirani tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olov Tham in the 33rd minute of play forced Palestra do Interior's goalkeeper Antônio Carlos Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antônio Carlos Cavalcante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olov Tham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Ronaldo Pirani fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palestra do Interior's protests and gave Ronaldo Pirani a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Palestra do Interior's Ronaldo Pirani got a free kick in the 37th minute. Emanuel Bark charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emanuel Bark the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emanuel Bark kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Olov Tham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olov Tham stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ronaldo Pirani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 50th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manfred Jönsson having to interfere. Palestra do Interior's Antônio Carlos Cavalcante proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Palestra do Interior from getting a goal against them. 56 minutes into the match, August Palm dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Antônio Carlos Cavalcante, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by August Palm in the 62nd minute of play forced Palestra do Interior's goalkeeper Antônio Carlos Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Baxters Boys getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. August Palm hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, Nelsinho Marinho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manfred Jönsson. Baxters Boys's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nelsinho Marinho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. August Palm hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. When Ezequiel de Souza fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palestra do Interior's protests and gave Ezequiel de Souza a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Palestra do Interior's Ezequiel de Souza got a free kick in the 72nd minute. The audience was convinced that Delfim Quintal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manfred Jönsson was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. With a little luck, Palestra do Interior's Antônio Carlos Cavalcante got control of the ball when Olov Tham tried to sneak it across the goal line. Baxters Boys's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by August Palm in the 84th minute. In the 95th minute Dinei Brito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manfred Jönsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manfred Jönsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dinei Brito in the 95th minute of play.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Palestra do Interior had won after a very even match.