Official Cup

Rising Sun Stadium
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Samurai Champions FC's Peter Santos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience was convinced that Milosz Hejza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Márcio de Brito was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Frank Cromefeldt hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Ademir Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Santos in the 13th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Peter Santos took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Ademir Baptista to make any attempt to save it. Márcio de Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milosz Hejza in the 20th minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Samurai Champions FC's Peter Santos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ademir Baptista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Matungo Gaúcho booed when Samurai Champions FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tiberiu Romaşcanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ademir Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Matungo Gaúcho's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Peter Santos was slow to take the kick. During this time Samurai Champions FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Peter Santos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Matungo Gaúcho's Ademir Baptista did a great save. Márcio de Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milosz Hejza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Márcio de Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milosz Hejza in the 36th minute of play. Márcio de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milosz Hejza in the 37th minute of the match. Gilmar Borges received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Márcio de Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes into the game, one of Samurai Champions FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Matungo Gaúcho a penalty, 47 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gilmar Borges, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito. 2-1.

The wind increased when Milosz Hejza made the kick off in the second half. Amílton Cordeiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ademir Baptista having to make a save. Celedonio Florinio kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Amílton Cordeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samurai Champions FC's Cido Recife was substituted for Peter Santos. Samurai Champions FC's Alfredo Di Cintio was substituted for Amílton Cordeiro. After 62 played minutes Samurai Champions FC got a freekick which was hit by Amílton Cordeiro. Ademir Baptista stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cido Recife's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. After some careless play in the Matungo Gaúcho defense, Cido Recife kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ademir Baptista. The Matungo Gaúcho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ademir Baptista should have stopped the shot. Ademir Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo Di Cintio, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute Samurai Champions FC were awarded a corner. Luís Eduardo Batista went to the cornerflag to take it. Samurai Champions FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luís Eduardo Batista in the 78th minute. Ademir Baptista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cido Recife, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 minutes of play, Matungo Gaúcho's Gilmar Borges made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Márcio de Brito was left in no man's land by his defense there! 87 minutes into the game, Samurai Champions FC's Cido Recife nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ademir Baptista made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cido Recife in the 93rd minute of play forced Matungo Gaúcho's goalkeeper Ademir Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Cido Recife sped through Matungo Gaúcho's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ademir Baptista. Samurai Champions FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Matungo Gaúcho for a fine match.