Official Cup

Arena Apucarana
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Laurgain Ruiz kicked off to start the match. Victor Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laurgain Ruiz in the 4th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Nacional de Rolândia defense, Laurgain Ruiz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victor Negri. The Nacional de Rolândia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victor Negri should have stopped the shot. Laurgain Ruiz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Laurgain Ruiz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victor Negri was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Arron Bado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismael Negri having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Laurgain Ruiz in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Negri saved Nacional de Rolândia from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laurgain Ruiz in the 20th minute of play forced Nacional de Rolândia's goalkeeper Victor Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laurgain Ruiz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Victor Negri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laurgain Ruiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When MAZER SAF's Laurgain Ruiz in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nacional de Rolândia's goalie prevented a goal. 24 minutes into the match, Laurgain Ruiz notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Nacional de Rolândia's Victor Negri. Victor Negri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Evaristo Castro came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the MAZER SAF fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Evaristo Castro couldn't finish the play. In the 31st match minute, Nacional de Rolândia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Nyman to maneuver through the defense. Nacional de Rolândia's Victor Negri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laurgain Ruiz in the 36th minute of play. Laurgain Ruiz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Victor Negri read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute of the match MAZER SAF got a corner. Nacional de Rolândia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Augusto Sein ran over to the corner to take the kick. MAZER SAF's Evaristo Castro was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Victor Negri in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind MAZER SAF's goalkeeper Ismael Negri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 46thth minute of the game Saul Jaen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MAZER SAF's Ismael Negri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After the first half MAZER SAF were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Saul Jaen made the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the game, Laurgain Ruiz recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Victor Negri. Laurgain Ruiz showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. MAZER SAF's Ismael Negri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júnior Vander in the 59th minute of play. MAZER SAF's Mário Mattos quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gilberto Furtado, made in the 60th minute of the game. MAZER SAF made a substitution. Murillo Lima replaced Kang Wei Lin. MAZER SAF's Yuri Alberto was substituted for Laurgain Ruiz. 66 minutes into the game, MAZER SAF's Yuri Alberto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Victor Negri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. In the 69th minute Júnior Vander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Negri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute, Jorginho Mello 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. In the 73rd match minute, MAZER SAF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudinho Montenegro to maneuver through the defense. If Yuri Alberto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nacional de Rolândia's Victor Negri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Nacional de Rolândia from getting a goal against them. Yuri Alberto might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Victor Negri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yuri Alberto ran back to his position shaking his head. Yuri Alberto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Victor Negri made a huge save. In the 81st minute Yuri Alberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Negri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Júnior Vander in the 82nd minute of play forced MAZER SAF's goalkeeper Ismael Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Mário Mattos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute Júnior Vander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Negri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Júnior Vander in the 85th minute of play forced MAZER SAF's goalkeeper Ismael Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Yuri Alberto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Victor Negri was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Ismael Negri didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cyryl Joks went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. When MAZER SAF's Yuri Alberto in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nacional de Rolândia's goalie prevented a goal. The MAZER SAF supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing MAZER SAF would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.