Official Cup

New York Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Chico Valadares made the kick off and thus started the match. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wen Chao Shi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Béla Simon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chico Valadares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matias Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tales Arruda in the 20th minute of play. A collision led to Gasca Nebuna getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Jeff Beck hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Gasca Nebuna's goalkeeper Béla Simon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 26th minute, Tales Arruda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gasca Nebuna fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tales Arruda in the 32nd minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Tales Arruda came free, but Matias Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pastor Pio hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Matias Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tales Arruda, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Béla Simon was out of position in the 39 minute of play, and Chico Valadares capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Chico Valadares really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Matias Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tales Arruda, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Kenton Mercure ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matias Taffarel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. 48 minutes into the match, Gasca Nebuna's goal looked a bit too open when Chico Valadares came free, but Béla Simon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Gasca Nebuna's Dawid Kochowski was substituted for Tales Arruda. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dawid Kochowski to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Dawid Kochowski came free, but Matias Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute Gasca Nebuna were awarded a corner. Kenton Mercure went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Olgierd Falkowski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel did a great save. Béla Simon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chico Valadares in the 61st minute of play. In the 69th minute, Wen Chao Shi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matias Taffarel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Béla Simon came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares. But to his dismay, Chico Valadares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Washington Netto during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Washington Netto hit a great ball. 83 minutes into the game, Chico Valadares cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-4. Béla Simon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Béla Simon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Valadares, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. A throw-in in the 88th minute of the game was made by Hamza Bihan with Jardel Matos as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Pastor Pio scored 4-4 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Béla Simon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Béla Simon came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares. But to his dismay, Chico Valadares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-4. Jeff Beck hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. 96 minutes into the match, Gasca Nebuna's goal looked a bit too open when Chico Valadares came free, but Béla Simon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Many of Gasca Nebuna's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Gasca Nebuna may have spent more time on the ball, but . SC Manhattan . were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.