Official Cup

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luke Clist made the kick off which started today's match. Nunes FC's Amílton Bezerra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luke Clist in the 4th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Palmeiras's Qarabulud La Forgia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Amílton Bezerra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 10th minute, Palmeiras's Qarabulud La Forgia ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Amílton Bezerra. Amílton Bezerra yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in Nunes FC's zone, Qarabulud La Forgia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amílton Bezerra came out of the goal and Qarabulud La Forgia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 21st minute of the match Palmeiras got a corner. Nunes FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Valdir Lopes ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Qarabulud La Forgia managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luke Clist in the 30th minute of play forced Nunes FC's goalkeeper Amílton Bezerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luke Clist in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amílton Bezerra prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With an all-out effort, Palmeiras's Amílton Bezerra threw himself towards the right post 37 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luke Clist, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The crowd rose to their feet as Palmeiras's Luke Clist slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Amílton Bezerra. That made the score 3-0 after 39 minutes of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Karl-Oskar Åkerberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes Nunes FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Valdir Lopes who took care of the corner kick. Palmeiras's Valdir Lopes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Amílton Bezerra in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Nunes FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Manuel Pasqual hit a great ball. In the 59th minute of the match Valdir Lopes shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Amílton Bezerra showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 67 played minutes Palmeiras got a freekick which was hit by Roderick Oosterhof. With a little luck, Palmeiras's Régis de Queirós got control of the ball when Karl-Oskar Åkerberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Palmeiras's Valdir Lopes got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute, Karl-Oskar Åkerberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th match minute, Palmeiras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tarcisio Reis to maneuver through the defense. In the 76th match minute, Nunes FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizinho Fantini to maneuver through the defense. When Luke Clist came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Palmeiras 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 Luke Clist couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luke Clist in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amílton Bezerra saved Nunes FC from getting behind. The Palmeiras fans' excitement grew in the 87th match minute when Palmeiras's Luke Clist looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qarabulud La Forgia in the 89th minute of play forced Nunes FC's goalkeeper Amílton Bezerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute Qarabulud La Forgia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amílton Bezerra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Nunes FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luke Clist came free, but Amílton Bezerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute, Luke Clist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amílton Bezerra was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Palmeiras's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.