Official Cup

ARENA DOS CARECAS
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Léo Souto started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doğaner Doğu in the 8th minute of play forced CarecaNeles F.C.'s goalkeeper Thommy Jadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Brambles short, quick shot in the 10thth minute got Claudinho Azevedo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Claudinho Azevedo managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when CarecaNeles F.C.'s Victor Bramble fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Claudinho Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Bramble in the 11th minute of the match. If Falcão Novaes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the CarecaNeles F.C. defense, Falcão Novaes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thommy Jadis. The CarecaNeles F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thommy Jadis should have stopped the shot. Thommy Jadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yan Santana in the 28th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhuang Xi Qiang in the 30th minute of play forced Cambotinha EC's goalkeeper Claudinho Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, CarecaNeles F.C.'s Victor Bramble got a free kick in the 31st minute. Thommy Jadis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Léo Souto's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cambotinha EC's goalkeeper Claudinho Azevedo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thommy Jadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Falcão Novaes in the 40th minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Victor Bramble reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Claudinho Azevedo. The goal made the score 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Victor Bramble stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Claudinho Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhuang Xi Qiang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thommy Jadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doğaner Doğu in the 59th minute of play. The supporters of Cambotinha EC booed when CarecaNeles F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniël Orange didn't get a good kick on the ball. Claudinho Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhuang Xi Qiang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute, Victor Bramble ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Claudinho Azevedo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. CarecaNeles F.C.'s Valdo Veloso was substituted for Zhuang Xi Qiang. With a little luck, CarecaNeles F.C.'s Thommy Jadis got control of the ball when Doğaner Doğu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thommy Jadis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Falcão Novaes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute Victor Bramble shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudinho Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arlindo Abreu kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Claudinho Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Bramble in the 88th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Victor Bramble during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Victor Bramble kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Claudinho Azevedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valdo Veloso went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Cambotinha EC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.