Official Cup

Arena Abaeté
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Inácio Souza got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Ritvaldis Rau was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Juventudes Libertárias's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Futebol Dos Parça the free kick. After 4 played minutes Juventudes Libertárias got a freekick which was hit by Ritvaldis Rau. In the 6th match minute, Futebol Dos Parça was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agnaldo Carioca to maneuver through the defense. After 9 minutes Futebol Dos Parça's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rubinho Loureiro who took care of the corner kick. After some careless play in the Futebol Dos Parça defense, Ritvaldis Rau kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Maria Melo. The Futebol Dos Parça fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Maria Melo should have stopped the shot. José Maria Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agostinho Almeida in the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Márcio Santos in the 16th minute of play forced Futebol Dos Parça's goalkeeper José Maria Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Maria Melo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agostinho Almeida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Futebol Dos Parça defense, Alexsandro Simão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Maria Melo. The Futebol Dos Parça fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Maria Melo should have stopped the shot. In the 26th minute, Emerson da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute Alexsandro Simão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Melo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Rubinho Loureiro made a precise shot to the right of José Maria Melo. Futebol Dos Parça's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. The Juventudes Libertárias fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when Juventudes Libertárias's Ritvaldis Rau 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 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ritvaldis Rau took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Maria Melo. José Maria Melo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gilson Meirelles in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck José Maria Melo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ritvaldis Rau to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Juventudes Libertárias's Ritvaldis Rau nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Maria Melo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. 55 minutes into the match, Juventudes Libertárias's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Saraiva came free, but Wágner Seco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute, Rubinho Loureiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Maria Melo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. 65 minutes into the match, Ritvaldis Rau dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of José Maria Melo, 0-10. Alexsandro Simão might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Maria Melo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alexsandro Simão ran back to his position shaking his head. José Maria Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agostinho Almeida in the 72nd minute of play. Agostinho Almeida was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. José Maria Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agostinho Almeida in the 91st minute of play. José Maria Melo came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Juventudes Libertárias's Gilson Meirelles. But to his dismay, Gilson Meirelles quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-14. When the final whistle sounded Juventudes Libertárias left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Futebol Dos Parça.