Official Cup

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when José Carlos Simões took the kick off in the first half of the match. Régis de Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stan Eversden in the 3rd minute of play. TUS Mikrolörres's Helmut Rohrbacher got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bai Xi Wei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luke Clist in the 9th minute. Bai Xi Wei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luke Clist in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by TUS Mikrolörres's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tarcisio Reis was slow to take the kick. During this time Palmeiras's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Palmeiras's corner Tarcisio Reis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Bai Xi Wei quite easily take care of the ball. Luke Clist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bai Xi Wei having to interfere. After 18 played minutes TUS Mikrolörres got a freekick which was hit by Ralph Lauren. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lorenz Acarreta in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Régis de Queirós saved Palmeiras from getting behind. In the 26th minute of the match TUS Mikrolörres got a corner. Palmeiras's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nino Schicklgruber ran over to the corner to take the kick. TUS Mikrolörres's Tanek Adamus was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Régis de Queirós in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 33rdth minute of the game Ralph Lauren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palmeiras's Régis de Queirós was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ralph Lauren struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Régis de Queirós didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TUS Mikrolörres. The audience was convinced that Lorenz Acarreta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Régis de Queirós was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Tarcisio Reis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Bai Xi Wei made a huge save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lorenz Acarreta to make the kick off. Leonardo Donato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bai Xi Wei having to interfere. Régis de Queirós showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenz Acarreta in the 56th minute of the match. A collision led to TUS Mikrolörres getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Tommy Bongartz hit a great ball. Régis de Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stan Eversden in the 59th minute of play. Bai Xi Wei came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Palmeiras's Qarabulud La Forgia. But to his dismay, Qarabulud La Forgia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. When TUS Mikrolörres's Lorenz Acarreta in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Palmeiras's goalie prevented a goal. 64 minutes into the match, Palmeiras's goalkeeper Régis de Queirós had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lorenz Acarreta. Régis de Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lorenz Acarreta in the 67th minute of play. Régis de Queirós was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Stan Eversden capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stan Eversden really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Palmeiras's Dudu Capixaba was substituted for Michel Sergipano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luke Clist in the 75th minute of play forced TUS Mikrolörres's goalkeeper Bai Xi Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute of the match, Lorenz Acarreta tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Régis de Queirós saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Luke Clist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bai Xi Wei having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Luke Clist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Helmut Rohrbacher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Palmeiras's Luke Clist got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bai Xi Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qarabulud La Forgia in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute, Ralph Lauren fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Régis de Queirós, passed just outside the right post. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.