Prized/Friendly Cup

Jayme Cintra
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dráusio Toscano got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reginaldo Donatello in the 4th minute of play forced Galo do Japi's goalkeeper Benedito Nóbrega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedito Nóbrega took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Paulo Zonta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Galo do Japi defense, Luís Paulo Zonta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benedito Nóbrega. The Galo do Japi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benedito Nóbrega should have stopped the shot. Benedito Nóbrega showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Paulo Zonta in the 14th minute of the match. Paulão Falcão hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Red John S.K's Severino Aguiar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dráusio Toscano in the 20th minute of play. Benedito Nóbrega showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Monteiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Benedito Nóbrega showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Paulo Zonta, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 30th minute, Reginaldo Donatello left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Red John S.K fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 33 minutes into the match, Galo do Japi's goal looked a bit too open when Reginaldo Donatello came free, but Benedito Nóbrega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benedito Nóbrega stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Otávio Paraense's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Benedito Nóbrega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Monteiro in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th minute, Nilmar Berger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denílson Urbano's late challenge caught a Red John S.K's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denílson Urbano helped the player get up and apologised. Red John S.K made a substitution. Paulo dos Santos replaced Dalmo Passos. The supporters of Red John S.K booed when Galo do Japi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denílson Urbano didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Christian Monteiro was the one to do the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 55 minutes, Benedito Nóbrega successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reginaldo Donatello in the 57th minute of play forced Galo do Japi's goalkeeper Benedito Nóbrega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Paulo Zonta in the 63rd minute of play forced Galo do Japi's goalkeeper Benedito Nóbrega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedito Nóbrega showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Monteiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. The supporters of Red John S.K booed when Galo do Japi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Arruda didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 81 minutes, Ademir Carvalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Galo do Japi and the Red John S.K players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ademir Carvalho hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Reginaldo Donatello took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benedito Nóbrega. Benedito Nóbrega dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After a rather tough play, Galo do Japi's Kauã Damião got a free kick in the 88th minute. The supporters of Galo do Japi booed when Red John S.K was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo dos Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Galo do Japi's Kauã Damião couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Red John S.K. Benedito Nóbrega took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reginaldo Donatello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Red John S.K's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.