Official Cup

Taniquetil Arena
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Laureano Malheiro got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Gualter Sampaio made a precise shot to the right of Zacarias Portugal. F.C. Valinor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 6th minute, Joaquin Xacintu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zacarias Portugal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 11 minutes into the game, Gualter Sampaio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Zacarias Portugal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joaquin Xacintu took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zacarias Portugal. Zacarias Portugal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. 21 minutes into the game, Erasmo Simão cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Zacarias Portugal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zacarias Portugal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquin Xacintu in the 24th minute of play. Zacarias Portugal didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Grentino FC's Joaquin Xacintu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-7 in the ordered_time% minute. After some careless play in the F.C. Valinor defense, Gualter Sampaio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zacarias Portugal. The F.C. Valinor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zacarias Portugal should have stopped the shot. Zacarias Portugal came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Grentino FC's Gualter Sampaio. But to his dismay, Gualter Sampaio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. Erasmo Simão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Zacarias Portugal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute Erasmo Simão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Portugal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, Gualter Sampaio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zacarias Portugal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. Disappointed in the 0-10 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The crowd rose to their feet as Grentino FC's Joaquin Xacintu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zacarias Portugal. That made the score 0-12 after 55 minutes of play. Zacarias Portugal made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Amadeu de Alcântara sent off a good shot on target. 59 minutes into the match, F.C. Valinor's goalkeeper Zacarias Portugal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gualter Sampaio. Zacarias Portugal was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Gualter Sampaio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gualter Sampaio really showed his touch with that goal: 0-13. In the 67th minute, Guilherme Leão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 minutes of play, Grentino FC's Gualter Sampaio made it 0-15 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zacarias Portugal was left in no man's land by his defense there! With an all-out effort, Grentino FC's Zacarias Portugal threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joaquin Xacintu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gualter Sampaio got free with Zacarias Portugal in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zacarias Portugal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquin Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Gualter Sampaio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Erasmo Simão was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 81st minute. Grentino FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When %teams%'s Gualter Sampaio was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 0-17 just inside the left pole, 81 minutes into the game. Zacarias Portugal was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. Zacarias Portugal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joaquin Xacintu went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-19 was the resulting score. Zacarias Portugal came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Grentino FC's Gualter Sampaio. But to his dismay, Gualter Sampaio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-20. 97 minutes into the match, Gualter Sampaio notched a goal, 0-21, to the right of F.C. Valinor's Zacarias Portugal. Zacarias Portugal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The F.C. Valinor fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Grentino FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.