Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Compugraf's Xantalen Titos 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. 2 minutes into the match, Matanza and Steelers's goal looked a bit too open when Xantalen Titos came free, but Renan Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute Xantalen Titos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renan Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xantalen Titos in the 6th minute of the match. Gonza Victoria kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xantalen Titos in the 10th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Matanza and Steelers's goal looked a bit too open when Xantalen Titos came free, but Renan Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 17th minute of the game was made by Gonza Victoria with Aaron Tello as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 19 minutes into the game, Xantalen Titos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Renan Mendes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 21 minutes of play, Compugraf's He Nan Lei made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Renan Mendes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gonza Victoria made in the 26th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aaron Tello. If Xantalen Titos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 30th minute Xantalen Titos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Xantalen Titos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Compugraf fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ulrico Herzog to make the kick off. With a little luck, Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes got control of the ball when Xantalen Titos tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leysus Oktavianus in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Duda Veiga saved Compugraf from getting behind. A sloppy throw-in by Gonza Victoria in the 59th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Compugraf's Ciro Amaral. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Xantalen Titos took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Renan Mendes to make any attempt to save it. Compugraf made a substitution. Chico Freire replaced Xantalen Titos. A collision led to Compugraf getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Flavinho Bueno hit a great ball. Matanza and Steelers's Wiliam Peixoto was substituted for Aaron Tello. The audience was convinced that Chico Freire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Renan Mendes was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. In the 69th minute Leysus Oktavianus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duda Veiga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renan Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Freire in the 72nd minute of the match. Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Matanza and Steelers from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes got control of the ball when Chico Freire tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 83 played minutes Matanza and Steelers got a freekick which was hit by Gonza Victoria. Compugraf made a substitution. Walter Tufan replaced Ulysses Fernandes. In the 84th match minute, Matanza and Steelers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonza Victoria to maneuver through the defense. Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chico Freire in the 85th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Compugraf's Chico Freire slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Renan Mendes. That made the score 0-5 after 86 minutes of play. Matanza and Steelers's Virgil Zgrăbunţa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Wang Zhen, made in the 91st minute of the game. 93 minutes into the match, Compugraf's goal looked a bit too open when Wiliam Peixoto came free, but Duda Veiga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 96 played minutes Compugraf got a freekick which was hit by Guto Campidelis. The Compugraf supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Compugraf would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.