Official Cup

Estádio Ronaldo
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fausto Mendonça started the match with the kick off. Rubinho de Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Mendonça in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 6th minute Fausto Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rubinho de Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Scarlet Speedster's Fausto Mendonça managed to work through Real Cruzeiro FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Fausto Mendonça dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Rubinho de Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Mendonça in the 9th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Fausto Mendonça notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Real Cruzeiro FC's Rubinho de Amaral. Rubinho de Amaral was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Fausto Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fausto Mendonça took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rubinho de Amaral. Rubinho de Amaral dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After some careless play in the Real Cruzeiro FC defense, Fausto Mendonça kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rubinho de Amaral. The Real Cruzeiro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rubinho de Amaral should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Real Cruzeiro FC defense, Raigo Vananurm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rubinho de Amaral. The Real Cruzeiro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rubinho de Amaral should have stopped the shot. Fausto Mendonça scored 0-5 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rubinho de Amaral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Real Cruzeiro FC defense, Raigo Vananurm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rubinho de Amaral. The Real Cruzeiro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rubinho de Amaral should have stopped the shot. Fausto Mendonça blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rubinho de Amaral having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Fausto Mendonça put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Rubinho de Amaral. In the 47thth minute of the game Fausto Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Cruzeiro FC's Rubinho de Amaral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

The Scarlet Speedster fans' excitement grew in the 52nd match minute when Scarlet Speedster's Fausto Mendonça 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 0-9 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Váldson Bittencourt took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rubinho de Amaral. Rubinho de Amaral dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. Real Cruzeiro FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Fausto Mendonça scored to the left of an out of position Rubinho de Amaral, making the score, 0-12. Fausto Mendonça blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rubinho de Amaral having to make a save. 83 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Rubinho de Amaral had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fausto Mendonça. Jens-Ove Eriksson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Naldo Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltazar Zonta in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Real Cruzeiro FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fausto Mendonça fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Rubinho de Amaral, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 91 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goalkeeper Rubinho de Amaral had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raigo Vananurm. In the 95th match minute, Scarlet Speedster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anselmo Remir to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Scarlet Speedster could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Real Cruzeiro FC throughout the match.