Official Cup

Chapadão
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Ronaldo Alcântara started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Carlos Puyol hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Tomé Montenegro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klement Harasimowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 8th minute, Ronaldo Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes into the game, Ferreira Lopes MZC's Ronaldo Alcântara nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anton Lalchev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Dário Martins came free with the goalkeeper in the 13th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Anton Lalchev could save by the left post. MANCHESTER UNITED's Anton Lalchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save MANCHESTER UNITED from getting a goal against them. Dário Martins came free with the goalkeeper in the 19th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Anton Lalchev could save by the left post. In the 27th minute Robben Montens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomé Montenegro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ferreira Lopes MZC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Blasi Gabas was slow to take the kick. During this time MANCHESTER UNITED's players had a chance to rest. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Denko Gervazov put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Tomé Montenegro. In the 31st minute Ronaldo Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Lalchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dário Martins got free with Anton Lalchev in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tomé Montenegro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klement Harasimowicz in the 37th minute of play. Tomé Montenegro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Klement Harasimowicz went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in MANCHESTER UNITED's zone, Ronaldo Alcântara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anton Lalchev came out of the goal and Ronaldo Alcântara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Robben Montens charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robben Montens the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th match minute, MANCHESTER UNITED was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robben Montens to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to MANCHESTER UNITED getting a freekick after 49 minutes play. Robben Montens hit a great ball. 50 minutes into the game, Carlos Puyol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MANCHESTER UNITED's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ferreira Lopes MZC the free kick. Carlos Puyol kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. The audience held their breath when Dedé Paiva in the 51st minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Anton Lalchev's left hand side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The wind increased when Klement Harasimowicz made the kick off in the second half. In the 70th minute, Blasi Gabas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th minute, Robben Montens fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Ronaldo Alcântara might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anton Lalchev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ronaldo Alcântara ran back to his position shaking his head. Anton Lalchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Alcântara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ferreira Lopes MZC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Cláudio das Neves hit a great ball. Tomé Montenegro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klement Harasimowicz in the 81st minute of play. Luis Advíncula made in the 82nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ferreira Lopes MZC's Herald Depauw. Ronaldo Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ronaldo Alcântara in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Anton Lalchev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of MANCHESTER UNITED booed when Ferreira Lopes MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cláudio das Neves didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Denko Gervazov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomé Montenegro was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. The Ferreira Lopes MZC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching MANCHESTER UNITED's performance. The match ended with a win for MANCHESTER UNITED.