Prized/Friendly Cup

Jayme Cintra
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Galo do Japi's Carlos Santana started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Ahmet Demir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eskil Vester made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Santana in the 7th minute of play. Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Giovanelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Cascajares in the 11th minute of play. Ronaldo Giovanelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Cascajares in the 11th minute of the match. Ronaldo Giovanelli came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by October 04's Emilio Cascajares. But to his dismay, Emilio Cascajares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Carlos Santana blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eskil Vester having to make a save. Carlos Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emilio Cascajares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Ronaldo Giovanelli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eskil Vester made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Santana in the 36th minute of play. Carlos Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Emilio Cascajares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ronaldo Giovanelli was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Carlos Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 46 minutes into the match, October 04's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Santana came free, but Eskil Vester reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Eskil Vester showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by October 04's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cafu Ringaa was slow to take the kick. During this time Galo do Japi's players had a chance to rest. After 57 played minutes Emilio Cascajares rounded Galo do Japi's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-2. A sloppy throw-in by Wilian Alcântara in the 59th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Galo do Japi's Paulo Renato Saraiva. A collision led to October 04 getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Wilian Alcântara hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in October 04's zone, Carlos Santana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eskil Vester came out of the goal and Carlos Santana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to October 04 getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Wilian Alcântara hit a great ball. After having played for 74 minutes, Carlos Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Galo do Japi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carlos Santana was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 74 minutes into the match, October 04's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Santana came free, but Eskil Vester reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eskil Vester stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carlos Santana's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carlos Santana in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eskil Vester prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eskil Vester showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Wilian Alcântara made in the 89th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Wilian Alcântara however managed to control. The supporters of Galo do Japi booed when October 04 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilian Alcântara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Galo do Japi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cafu Ringaa in the 95th minute. 97 minutes into the match, Carlos Santana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eskil Vester. October 04's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Santana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. October 04's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.