Prized/Friendly Cup

Estádio Ronaldo
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Violet Skachkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Falcão Mendes was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. After 2 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Real Cruzeiro FC! Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 12th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Violet Skachkov sped through Real Cruzeiro FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ivo Amaral. 19 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Violet Skachkov came free, but Ivo Amaral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner ended in Antonio Di Fabrizio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral did a great save. Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Violet Skachkov in the 25th minute of the match. In the 28th match minute, FC Old Dogs United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Di Fabrizio to maneuver through the defense. 30 minutes into the game, FC Old Dogs United's Stayko Pavlikyanov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ivo Amaral made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. After having played for 37 minutes, Paulo Gerber managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Old Dogs United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulo Gerber was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 39th minute, Antonio Di Fabrizio made a precise shot to the right of Ivo Amaral. Real Cruzeiro FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Antonio Di Fabrizio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ivo Amaral having to make a save. Ivo Amaral didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score.

Ivo Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 52nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Violet Skachkov got free with Ivo Amaral in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ivo Amaral was out of position in the 55 minute of play, and Stayko Pavlikyanov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stayko Pavlikyanov really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. Ivo Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 58th minute of play. A well placed Violet Skachkov short distance shot in the 63rd minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. Violet Skachkov's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Ivo Amaral skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Old Dogs United's Yane Donkovski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ivo Amaral. That made the score 0-10 after 71 minutes of play. After 74 played minutes Real Cruzeiro FC got a freekick which was hit by Belmiro Urbano. In the 76th minute Violet Skachkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute, FC Old Dogs United's Violet Skachkov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. 80 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Di Fabrizio came free, but Ivo Amaral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Real Cruzeiro FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antonio Di Fabrizio was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Old Dogs United's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on FC Old Dogs United's corner Antonio Di Fabrizio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ivo Amaral quite easily take care of the ball. Ivo Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Di Fabrizio in the 83rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Old Dogs United's Stayko Pavlikyanov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ivo Amaral. That made the score 0-12 after 85 minutes of play. Ivo Amaral came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Old Dogs United's Stayko Pavlikyanov. But to his dismay, Stayko Pavlikyanov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-13. The crowd rose to their feet as Antonio Di Fabrizio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivo Amaral. That made the score 0-14 in the 92 minute of play. Violet Skachkov scored 0-15 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivo Amaral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.