Official Cup

Estádio Laranjeiras
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Barry Houghton started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Barry Houghton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leopoldo Gaxan got free with Comunardo Guerrini in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dragonf⮊rcE's Comunardo Guerrini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Dragonf⮊rcE from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Jerónimo Furtado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Comunardo Guerrini was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. In the 14th minute Herman Dresselbjerg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Dragonf⮊rcE getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Isidoro Palma hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barry Houghton in the 18th minute of play forced Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute Dragonf⮊rcE were awarded a corner. Bruno Fernandes went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Virgílio Coelho drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs's goalkeeper. Comunardo Guerrini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerónimo Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 28th minute Dragonf⮊rcE were awarded a corner. Bruno Fernandes went to the cornerflag to take it. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Comunardo Guerrini successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Edwin van der Sar came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Dragonf⮊rcE's Barry Houghton. But to his dismay, Barry Houghton quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Comunardo Guerrini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerónimo Furtado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 37 minutes, Bernardo lago managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bernardo lago was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Witalis Konopka kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 39th minute of the match, Jerónimo Furtado tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Comunardo Guerrini saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Comunardo Guerrini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leopoldo Gaxan in the 41st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leukothoe Atsidakos got free with Comunardo Guerrini in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 44 minutes into the match, Jerónimo Furtado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Comunardo Guerrini. Dragonf⮊rcE's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerónimo Furtado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jerónimo Furtado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Comunardo Guerrini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerónimo Furtado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Dragonf⮊rcE defense, Leopoldo Gaxan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Comunardo Guerrini. The Dragonf⮊rcE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Comunardo Guerrini should have stopped the shot. Leukothoe Atsidakos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Comunardo Guerrini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th match minute, Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardo lago to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Isidoro Palma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dragonf⮊rcE's Ludo Tobbackers was substituted for Pedro Pauleta. Comunardo Guerrini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horia Taşcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Dragonf⮊rcE's Comunardo Guerrini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leukothoe Atsidakos in the 70th minute of play. Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs made a substitution. Xande Solitario replaced Leukothoe Atsidakos. In the 72nd minute of the match Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs got a corner. Dragonf⮊rcE's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jerónimo Furtado ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Jerónimo Furtado almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dragonf⮊rcE's Comunardo Guerrini did a great save. Leopoldo Gaxan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Comunardo Guerrini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xande Solitario in the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dragonf⮊rcE's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jerónimo Furtado was slow to take the kick. During this time Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs's players had a chance to rest. In the 86th play minute Karin Benzema came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Edwin van der Sar. 2-3. Horia Taşcu made in the 89th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Dragonf⮊rcE's Jerónimo Pais. After 91 minutes of play, Dragonf⮊rcE's Karin Benzema made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edwin van der Sar was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 93 played minutes Uɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Sᴘᴏʀᴛ Cʟᴜʙ Pᴀʀᴇᴅᴇs got a freekick which was hit by Gaspar Ibon.