Official Cup

Barra Bridge
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luiz Fernando de Toledo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Benjamim Nunes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Remy Sanderson in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute Ismael Paraense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjamim Nunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Barra EC's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Paiva came free, but Romeu Borges reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, WAU team's goalkeeper Benjamim Nunes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Remy Sanderson. Benjamim Nunes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Válter Lopes in the 15th minute. In the 15th minute, Válter Lopes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benjamim Nunes. The goal made the score 1-0. Natanael Souza received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benjamim Nunes came out and tried to block the shot, but Natanael Souza slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 23rd minute. Benjamim Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ismael Paraense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes into the match, WAU team's goal looked a bit too open when Natanael Souza came free, but Benjamim Nunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benjamim Nunes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Natanael Souza in the 31st minute. Mané Abreu lost his temper 33 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, WAU team's Mané Abreu got a free kick in the 34th minute. Dênis Fantini recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. WAU team's Rony de Andrade got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 38 minutes into the match, WAU team's goal looked a bit too open when Ismael Paraense came free, but Benjamim Nunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The nice shot from Ismael Paraense in the 38thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Benjamim Nunes had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Durvalino Netto's late challenge caught a Barra EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Durvalino Netto helped the player get up and apologised. Durvalino Netto hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Benjamim Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Paraense in the 47th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ismael Paraense got free with Benjamim Nunes in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Barra EC's Hélio Leão was substituted for Manuel Loyola. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ismael Paraense to strike the kick off in the second half. Benjamim Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remy Sanderson in the 54th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ismael Paraense's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benjamim Nunes was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Benjamim Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remy Sanderson in the 60th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, WAU team's goal looked a bit too open when Ismael Paraense came free, but Benjamim Nunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Barra EC's goalkeeper Romeu Borges, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, WAU team's Abel Prado sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Romeu Borges narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 74th match minute, WAU team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Prado to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, WAU team's Luiz Fernando de Toledo got a free kick in the 76th minute. Barra EC's Pedro Luiz Souto was substituted for Ismael Paraense. 78 minutes into the match, WAU team's goal looked a bit too open when Dênis Fantini came free, but Benjamim Nunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benjamim Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natanael Souza in the 80th minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Dênis Fantini got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 86 played minutes WAU team got a freekick which was hit by Wiliam Vides. After having played for 88 minutes, Pedro Luiz Souto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barra EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pedro Luiz Souto 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 89th minute, Natanael Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulo Paiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romeu Borges having to interfere. After 96 played minutes Barra EC got a freekick which was hit by Yiyo Esperta. For all the effort they put into the match, the WAU team players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Barra EC.