League

New York Arena
Spectators: 8040 (Terracing: 6031, Seating: 1849, VIP seats: 160) Vítor Peixoto started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vítor Peixoto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matias Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 钱震俊 in the 5th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vítor Peixoto in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matias Taffarel saved . SC Manhattan . from getting behind. 17 minutes into the game, . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Margus Niilus made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Margus Niilus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 23rd minute of the match. . SC Manhattan .'s Edward Czech quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Róbson Paraense, made in the 30th minute of the game. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 钱震俊, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 33 minutes . SC Manhattan .'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vítor Peixoto who took care of the corner kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Pio got free with Margus Niilus in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fabiano de Barros in the 36th minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chico Valadares succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 37th playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vítor Peixoto in the 43rd minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Vítor Peixoto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matias Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 钱震俊 in the 47th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chico Valadares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 60 minutes into the match, FUTEBOL ARTE's goal looked a bit too open when Chico Valadares came free, but Margus Niilus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Vítor Peixoto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Matias Taffarel. The goal made the score 2-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Chico Valadares managed to get in a good position for a shot. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters rose to their feet, but Chico Valadares was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Margus Niilus breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chico Valadares in the 73rd minute of play forced FUTEBOL ARTE's goalkeeper Margus Niilus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of . SC Manhattan . booed when FUTEBOL ARTE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. César Luz didn't get a good kick on the ball. FUTEBOL ARTE's Jairo Jacinto was substituted for Florentino Irrintzi. A collision led to FUTEBOL ARTE getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. César Luz hit a great ball. Vítor Peixoto scored 2-3 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Matias Taffarel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. . SC Manhattan .'s Edward Czech quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Róbson Paraense, made in the 85th minute of the game. Jairo Jacinto hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. 钱震俊 spun around in front of the goal 93 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of . SC Manhattan .'s goal. FUTEBOL ARTE's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.