Official Cup

Ararigbóia
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christiano Travassos started the match with the kick off. 0-1 became the score in the 4th minute when Natã Martins elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. If Christiano Travassos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Natã Martins blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ademar Leme having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Christiano Travassos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ademar Leme was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Dé Tande charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dé Tande the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ademar Leme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christiano Travassos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ademar Leme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christiano Travassos in the 15th minute of play. Ademar Leme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natã Martins in the 16th minute of play. Pedro Paulo Cruz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 23 minutes, Gonçalo Valle mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jardim Botânico and the Olivedos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gonçalo Valle hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Wilian da Rocha hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Ademar Leme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natã Martins in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st match minute, Olivedos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedrinho Prata to maneuver through the defense. Dé Tande fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Laerte da Silveira having to interfere. Ademar Leme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natã Martins in the 36th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Natã Martins ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ademar Leme was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Natã Martins struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Ademar Leme didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Olivedos. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pedro Paulo Cruz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christiano Travassos got free with Ademar Leme in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 58th minute, Dé Tande left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jardim Botânico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Vladimir Almeida's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Laerte da Silveira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natã Martins in the 63rd minute of play forced Jardim Botânico's goalkeeper Ademar Leme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 played minutes Olivedos got a freekick which was hit by João Adolfo Pombal. In the 68th minute, Basílio Batista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Natã Martins put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Ademar Leme. Jardim Botânico's defense didn't have a chance, in the 75th minute, when Natã Martins scored to the left of an out of position Ademar Leme, making the score, 1-5. Vladimir Almeida charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vladimir Almeida the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Olivedos booed when Jardim Botânico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimir Almeida didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ademar Leme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natã Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Márcio Cruz's late challenge caught a Olivedos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Márcio Cruz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, one of Jardim Botânico:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Jardim Botânico. When the match had been going on for 85 minutes, Olivedos's Natã Martins got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ademar Leme. Ademar Leme made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Christiano Travassos sent off a good shot on target. Olivedos's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.