Official Cup

Abri Mais Uma
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Geovanni Baptista made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, LRCA Office Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antolin Alcaraz to maneuver through the defense. Família Ressaca MZ's Cleto Gonza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mário Amaral in the 9th minute of play. Slawomir Czerwinski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Natalio Centenales in the 15th minute. In the 17th minute, Arnaldo Mota made a precise shot to the right of Cleto Gonza. Família Ressaca MZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. LRCA Office Club's Slawomir Czerwinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovanni Baptista in the 19th minute of play. Família Ressaca MZ were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after LRCA Office Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Feng Yang took the corner. Família Ressaca MZ's Feng Yang was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Slawomir Czerwinski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A hard shot by Feng Yang from long distance, 22 minutes into the match, got Slawomir Czerwinski's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Slawomir Czerwinski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geovanni Baptista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnaldo Mota sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Slawomir Czerwinski came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Família Ressaca MZ's Natalio Centenales. But to his dismay, Natalio Centenales quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. LRCA Office Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mário Amaral in the 34th minute. The corner led LRCA Office Club's Edmundo Ribeiro to fire away a dangerous shot which Cleto Gonza despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mário Amaral scored 1-2 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cleto Gonza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 39 minutes into the match, LRCA Office Club's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldinho do Vale came free, but Slawomir Czerwinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mário Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Geovanni Baptista recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Família Ressaca MZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mário Amaral was slow to take the kick. During this time LRCA Office Club's players had a chance to rest. Mário Amaral made a great header on LRCA Office Club's corner, it was just that Família Ressaca MZ's Cleto Gonza managed to reach the ball for a save. Cleto Gonza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaldo Mota, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arnaldo Mota stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Natalio Centenales managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Família Ressaca MZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Natalio Centenales was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Natalio Centenales scored 2-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Slawomir Czerwinski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Slawomir Czerwinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovanni Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The audience was convinced that Geovanni Baptista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Slawomir Czerwinski was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. In the 63rd minute Geovanni Baptista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slawomir Czerwinski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 64 minutes LRCA Office Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Feng Yang who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Feng Yang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Slawomir Czerwinski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Geovanni Baptista recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Família Ressaca MZ getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Vasco Arruabarrena hit a great ball. When David Söderlund fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LRCA Office Club's protests and gave David Söderlund a yellow card for diving instead. LRCA Office Club's Délio Meireles was substituted for David Söderlund. Natalio Centenales fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slawomir Czerwinski having to interfere. Slawomir Czerwinski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geovanni Baptista went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 96 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Geovanni Baptista sped through LRCA Office Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Slawomir Czerwinski.