Official Cup

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adrianinho Meirelles kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ronaldo Cosme got free with Márcio de Brito in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vasco Goycochea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Adrianinho Meirelles in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Samurai Champions FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 16 played minutes ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ got a freekick which was hit by Kauã Nascimento. Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrianinho Meirelles in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Adrianinho Meirelles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Márcio de Brito was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. With his leg Márcio de Brito managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Adrianinho Meirelles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ defense, Peter Santos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vasco Goycochea. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vasco Goycochea should have stopped the shot. Vasco Goycochea came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Samurai Champions FC's Peter Santos. But to his dismay, Peter Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Vasco Goycochea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Márcio de Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Dudevski in the 43rd minute of play. Valentín Pascal made in the 46th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Peter Santos however managed to control. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Peter Santos was the one to do the kick off. Boniel Sovera charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boniel Sovera the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Boniel Sovera hit a great ball. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Mai Bin Kuan was substituted for Adrianinho Meirelles. Samurai Champions FC made a substitution. Alfredo Di Cintio replaced Amílton Cordeiro. Samurai Champions FC's Cido Recife was substituted for Peter Santos. A collision led to ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Boniel Sovera hit a great ball. After 69 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Samurai Champions FC! Márcio de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mai Bin Kuan in the 71st minute of the match. Mai Bin Kuan scored 1-2 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Márcio de Brito, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Mai Bin Kuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in Samurai Champions FC's zone, Mai Bin Kuan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Márcio de Brito came out of the goal and Mai Bin Kuan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Muhittin Emek made in the 96th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mai Bin Kuan. Samurai Champions FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.