Official Cup

TALENT´S ARENA
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) 5 minutes into the match, Grêmio Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamim Sabóia came free, but Henrique Prata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carlinhos Velasco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Henrique Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Talento Futebol clube's goal looked a bit too open when Romulo Lehen came free, but José Maria Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute of the match Grêmio Bulls got a corner. Talento Futebol clube's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sebastião Tróia ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Romulo Lehen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this José Maria Souza quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 20th minute Pedrão Prata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Maria Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romulo Lehen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes into the match, Zhu Zhen Ran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrique Prata. Grêmio Bulls's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zhu Zhen Ran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Grêmio Bulls's Henrique Prata proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Grêmio Bulls from getting a goal against them. In the 32nd match minute, Talento Futebol clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fraco Zago to maneuver through the defense. After 33 played minutes, Grêmio Bulls's Sebastião Tróia shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper José Maria Souza came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Grêmio Bulls reached it. José Maria Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedrão Prata in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romulo Lehen in the 43rd minute of play forced Talento Futebol clube's goalkeeper José Maria Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrique Prata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saul Francho in the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Carlinhos Velasco to make the kick off. Henrique Prata made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlinhos Velasco in the 53rd minute of play. When Pedrão Prata fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Grêmio Bulls's protests and gave Pedrão Prata a yellow card for diving instead. Pedrão Prata kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Saul Francho struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Henrique Prata didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Talento Futebol clube. Grêmio Bulls made a substitution. Rowen Doherty replaced Pedrão Prata. Grêmio Bulls made a substitution. Andreas Vokurka replaced Romulo Lehen. After a rather tough play, Grêmio Bulls's Sunday Skinas got a free kick in the 66th minute. Rowen Doherty received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. José Maria Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ernesto Falcão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Grêmio Bulls fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when Grêmio Bulls's Rowen Doherty looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Henrique Prata made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlinhos Velasco in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saul Francho in the 88th minute of play forced Grêmio Bulls's goalkeeper Henrique Prata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Talento Futebol clube's goalkeeper José Maria Souza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andreas Vokurka. The crowd rose to their feet as Grêmio Bulls's Andreas Vokurka slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of José Maria Souza. That made the score 1-2 after 92 minutes of play. José Maria Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rowen Doherty in the 97th minute of the match. Grêmio Bulls's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.