Official Cup

Guarida del Zorro
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rigoberto Piearres kicked off to start the match. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Zorro Negro's goalkeeper José Luis Heidemann, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Rigoberto Piearres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 8 minutes into the match, E. C. Uruguaiana's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Piearres came free, but Vicente Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute Rigoberto Piearres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vicente Guimarães didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rigoberto Piearres went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Zorro Negro's goalkeeper José Luis Heidemann, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 15th minute, Rigoberto Piearres ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vicente Guimarães was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. José Luis Heidemann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maicon Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Piearres in the 20th minute of play forced E. C. Uruguaiana's goalkeeper Vicente Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Zorro Negro's Rigoberto Piearres got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, E. C. Uruguaiana's Vicente Guimarães got control of the ball when Rigoberto Piearres tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the La Zorro Negro defense, Maicon Palmeira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Luis Heidemann. The La Zorro Negro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Luis Heidemann should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Piearres in the 37th minute of play forced E. C. Uruguaiana's goalkeeper Vicente Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by E. C. Uruguaiana's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hélio Andrade was slow to take the kick. During this time La Zorro Negro's players had a chance to rest. Diguinho Rossi was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Maicon Palmeira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Luis Heidemann read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Maicon Palmeira took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Luis Heidemann. José Luis Heidemann dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. After a rather tough play, La Zorro Negro's Edson Fernandes got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute, Maicon Palmeira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The E. C. Uruguaiana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Geovani Mendonça stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, E. C. Uruguaiana's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Piearres came free, but Vicente Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Zorro Negro's José Luis Heidemann proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save La Zorro Negro from getting a goal against them. If Geovani Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. E. C. Uruguaiana made a substitution. Ricardo Schneider replaced Clemente Eger. E. C. Uruguaiana made a substitution. Mauro Maranhense replaced Cafu Cruz. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by E. C. Uruguaiana's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hélio Andrade was slow to take the kick. During this time La Zorro Negro's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Hélio Andrade got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vicente Guimarães quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind E. C. Uruguaiana's goalkeeper Vicente Guimarães, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 73 minutes into the match, La Zorro Negro's Rigoberto Piearres sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vicente Guimarães narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Rigoberto Piearres managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Zorro Negro's supporters rose to their feet, but Rigoberto Piearres was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vicente Guimarães breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. José Luis Heidemann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maicon Palmeira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Geovani Mendonça got free with José Luis Heidemann in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José Luis Heidemann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maicon Palmeira in the 94th minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, E. C. Uruguaiana's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Piearres came free, but Vicente Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.